Psensor has been accepted in the unstable repository of Debian (sid):

Psensor Debian page: http://packages.qa.debian.org/p/psensor.html

Thanks to Nicolas for the packaging and uploading to Debian!

I have modified Pidgin to display the number of unseen messages in its Unity launcher entry.

It can be easily installed using a PPA:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jfi/pidgin
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pidgin-libnotify

I have registered a “bug” to request this feature: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pidgin/+bug/733915 and you can get the code from a bzr branch: https://code.launchpad.net/~jfi/pidgin-libnotify/fix-for-bug-733915 .

Previously, I have created a small daemon which polls Liferea and displays the number of unread items in its Unity Launcher entry. It works correctly, but the best technical way is to modify Liferea itself, it requires no significant CPU and memory resources, avoid the need to use an additional package and the counter is updated instantly.

To give it a try, you just need to use a PPA:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jfi/liferea
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install liferea

I have registered a « bug » to request this feature: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/liferea/+bug/732848 and you can get the code from a bzr branch: https://code.launchpad.net/~jfi/liferea/fix-for-bug-732848.

UPDATE: The official Liferea package of Natty contains the code that I have submitted to display the count of unread items of Liferea on the Unity Launcher entry. There is no more need to use the PPA.

Liferea is a great application for reading RSS news. Unlike Docky, the Unity Launcher entry for Liferea does not display the number of unread items so I have quickly hacked a program for this purpose:

The source archive can be download from: http://wpitchoune.net/liferea-unity-count/files/ . The compilation requires the DBUS and Unity libraries.

The easy way to install it, is to use the dedicated ppa:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jfi/liferea-unity-count
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install liferea-unity-count

It has been tested with unity-2d and Ubuntu Natty.

UPDATE: The official Liferea package of Natty contains the code that I have submitted to display the count of unread items of Liferea on the Unity Launcher entry. There is no more need to use the PPA.

It is now possible to install Psensor and Psensor server directly from binary packages on Debian 6 (squeeze). The binary packages are available at: http://wpitchoune.net/psensor/files/debian/squeeze/

First, download and install psensor-common:

wget http://wpitchoune.net/psensor/files/debian/squeeze/psensor-common_0.6.1.5-0squeeze1_all.deb
sudo debpkg -i ./psensor-common_0.6.1.5-0squeeze1_all.deb

Install Psensor:

wget http://wpitchoune.net/psensor/files/debian/squeeze/psensor_0.6.1.5-0squeeze1_i386.deb
sudo debpkg -i ./psensor_0.6.1.5-0squeeze1_i386.deb

and/or install Psensor server:

wget http://wpitchoune.net/psensor/files/debian/squeeze/psensor-server_0.6.1.5-0squeeze1_i386.deb
sudo debpkg -i ./psensor-server_0.6.1.5-0squeeze1_i386.deb

The version 0.6.1.5 is now available.

It contains:

• bugs fix
• improved manpages
• specific Ubuntu Application Indicator icons

The Ubuntu binary packages have been improved to respect Ubuntu packaging rules and good practice. There are now 3 binary packages:

• psensor: the GTK Application psensor.
• psensor-server: the server for remote monitoring.
• psensor-common: contains the language packs.

You can download the source archive from: psensor-0.6.1.5.tar.gz .

Ubuntu users can easily install psensor using its PPA:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jfi/psensor-unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install psensor psensor-common

and for the server:

sudo apt-get install psensor-server psensor-common

Alternatively, Ubuntu binary packages can be downloaded from: unstable Ubuntu packages .

The last Psensor development version has been released.

The most important changes are:

• Temperature monitor of remote computers.
• Multiple language support (English and Simplified Chinese are provided).
• Graph monitoring duration and refresh interval can be changed.
• Refresh interval of the sensors temperature can be changed.
• psensor-server is now an HTTP server and can display CPU usage in addition to hardware temperature
• Build is now using autoconf.

Source archive can be downloaded from: v0.6.0.14 .

Ubuntu users can easily install this version of Psensor and Psensor-server from a PPA:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jfi/psensor-unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install psensor
sudo apt-get install psensor-server

The last stable version is v0.5.1.

I have started adding support of internationalization to Psensor.

Psensor using Chinese language:

Any language can be added using PO files, feel free to contribute!

The multiple language support is available since Psensor v0.6.0.10, the last development snapshot.

For Ubuntu Maverick, you can use the « unstable » PPA to test it:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jfi/psensor-unstable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install psensor

Or download the Ubuntu Maverick Packages.

From InfinitelyGalactic

Released mp3tool v0.2.0

Command line usage has changed (see mp3tool -h)

There is now a PPA for Ubuntu:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jfi/mp3tool
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mp3tool