GKrellM explained

Screenshot Size:	60px
Developer:	Bill Wilson, Stephan Gehn
Latest Release Version:	2.3.11
Programming Language:	GTK+
Operating System:	Unix-like
Genre:	System monitor
License:	GNU General Public License

GNU Krell Monitors (GKrellM)^[1] is a system monitor software based on the GTK+ toolkit that creates a single process stack of system monitors. It can be used to monitor the status of CPUs, main memory, hard disks, network interfaces, local and remote mailboxes, and many other things. Plugins are available for a multitude of tasks, e.g., controlling the XMMS media player or a SETI@home client from within the stacked monitor.

Released under the terms of the GNU General Public License, GKrellM is free software.

See also

• Task manager
• System monitor
• Conky (software)

Further reading

• Joe Barr, "GKrellM: Geek eye-candy, monitors, and more", Linux.com, 29 October 2003
• Marcel Gagné, "Tweaking Tux, Part 5", Linux Journal, 29 October 2003

Notes and References

1. Krell is a reference to an extraterrestrial race in the science fiction movie Forbidden Planet. See Retrieved 6 January 2008. Archived from the original