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# System Monitor Plasmoid

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Plasmoid to view several items from system Monitor.
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![Preview](images/systemmonitor.png)
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## Requirements

Plasma 5 shell (plasma >= 5.7)

## Installation

### From store.kde.org

1.  Go to the desktop.
2.  Right Click the desktop, select "Unlock Widgets".
3.  Right Click the desktop, select "Add Widgets".
4.  Click "Get New Widgets".
5.  Click "Download New Plasma Widgets".
6.  Search for "System Monitor Plasmoid".
7.  Click Install.
8.  Close Installer Window.
9.  You can now add the Widget to the desktop, Right Click desktop and select "Add Widgets", search for "System Monitor Plasmoid", drag to desktop.
10.  After Adding Widget, Right Click the desktop and Click "Lock Widgets"
Right Click the Plasmoid and select "Configure System Monitor Plasmoid.."

Currently 6 monitor types can be selected in the "Layout" tab
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Each monitor can be displayed as a bar Graph, a Circular Graph or a Plot Graph.

Colors for each data Item can be selected on the "Colors" tab.

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Fast plotting or smooth plotting (More Cpu intensive) can be selected for the Plot Graph.
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There are options to show borders, to show labels (on top or bottom).
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What Disks/Partitons to show Space Or acitivity for can be selected in the "Disk Space" or "Disk IO" tabs.
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What network devices to show activity for can be selected in the network tab.

Different layouts can be optanined by selecting the number of columns/rows
and layout direction.

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If more monitors are selected than what is allowed by the combination of Columns and Rows the display will be distored due some monitors overlaying each other. You will either need to select fewer mointors or increase the number of columns or rows.

# Sample configurations

## Default Configuration

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![Preview](images/systemmonitor.png)
## 4 Columns, 1 Row

![Preview](images/systemmonitor-2.png)
## 2 Columns, 2 Rows

![Preview](images/systemmonitor-3.png)
## 1 Column, 4 Rows

![Preview](images/systemmonitor-4.png)
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## Adding Plasmoid to the desktop more than once with different configurations
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![Preview](images/systemmonitor-1.png)