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A simple CPU meter which displays percentual usage, support for SMP and separate user/system loads.
This is a small program for the KDE Kicker (the startmenu). It will show the CPU usage in form
of one or two configurable diagrams. There are settings for colors and some different styles.
Note that it isn't the real system load that's shown, but the percent used of the total
CPU power, which is calculated from the number of CPU ticks.. don't ask me what that means :).
To bring up the settings menu, simply rightclick on the diagram. Use a slower update interval
to get a more stable and accurate diagram without flicker.
If there are more than one CPU on the system, the total CPU usage from both can be shown, or
you can choose to have one separate diagram for each of the CPU's.
Leftclick on the diagram to bring up a small information box which will show the exact CPU usage in text form.
00-10-01
* v1.90 Ported to QT 2.x / KDE 1.9x/2.x (prerelease).
99-09-15
* Added a split option, which splits the diagram up into one system-load scale and one user-load scale.
99-09-13
* Added German translation thanks to Fredrik Olson.
99-09-09
* Added a new Soft diagram option for a smoother curve.
* Added user documentation for installation and usage.
99-09-07
* Finished a new specialdesigned QToolTip lookalike,
leftclick to show it, leftclick again or rightclick
on popup to hide, use left mouse on popup to move it.
* Structure changes to make the program use less CPU.
99-09-01
* Added colorsetting for CPU2's diagram, and changed
so that SMP options don't appear on non-SMP systems.
99-08-30
* Settings are now saved directly, not only upon quit.
* Added sessionmanagement thanks to Carsten Pfeiffer,
so the program will restart when KDE is restarted.
* Removed QToolTip Popup info dialog from program
because of a mem leak which made the program hang.
* Added several icons for both Color and style menues.
99-08-29
* Added two translations, Swedish, and Croatian
thanks to Vladimir Vuksan
99-08-28
* Full SMP support with extra option for multiple
diagrams, one for each CPU or one for both.
* Added labels, so it doesn't look like knetload.
* Added Popup Tooltips with exact utilization values.
99-08-11
* Uses qmessagebox.h instead of `outdated' qmsgbox.h.
* Small security fixes.
99-08-06
* Program ready for initial release v1.0.
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