Unique refresh interval set by a user has priority over the widget setting and once it's set it's always preserved when the widget's setting is modified.
To set a default value for all the corresponding users switch to editing mode (click the Edit dashboard button, find the right widget, click the Edit button opening the editing form of a widget), and choose the required refresh interval from the dropdown list.Refresh intervals for a widget can be set to a default value for all the corresponding users and also each user can set his own refresh interval value: Run the following command from the terminal to display hardware information on GUI. You can also check CPU temperature from the GUI - Devices - Sensors. You should definitely try it you are looking for an experience tailored to your preferences. little bit of a learning curve but reliable and fantastic if you put in the effort. kill (individual) processes like htop can.
#Ubuntu system monitor widget install
Sudo add-apt-repository ppakasra-mpubuntu-indicator-weather sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install indicator-weather. Conky is a great system monitor, but can't e.g. Hardinfo is a system profiler and benchmark tool used in Linux to display hardware information in GUI. Open the Terminal either through the CtrlAltT shortcut or the Ubuntu Application Launcher search. It is also semi-visible when dragging a widget to a new place. 3) Using Hardinfo to check CPU temperature. To install Screenlets in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions based on Ubuntu such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS, use the following command in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T): sudo apt-get install screenlets screenlets-pack-all This command will install Screenlets application along with a number of widgets included in it. When unchecked the header is hidden to save space and only slides up and becomes visible again when the mouse is positioned over the widget, both in view and edit modes. setting background alpha to 0 can make the background transparent. Color settings support alpha channel, for ex.
All graph colors and sizes are configurable. Mark the checkbox to show the header permanently. This applet uses glibtop to get system resources usage statistics and displays them in graphs and also as text in tooltip. For example: No refresh for URL widget, 1 minute for action log widget, 15 minutes for clock widget. Default refresh intervals for widgets range from No refresh to 15 minutes depending on the type of widget.