Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : qnetload Version : 0.2 Upstream Author : Carles Pina i Estany <car...@pina.cat> * URL : https://github.com/cpina/qnetload * License : GPL Programming Lang: C++ Description : Displays network speed and usage
qnetload displays the instant speed, a graph with the speed in recent minutes and network usage (how many MB have been used since running qnetload?). qnetload has a very similar interface to xnetload which was removed from Debian in 2010 (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=595195). When xnetload was in Debian I submitted tried to fix some problems (https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=678061) then realised that very sadly it wasn't in Debian anymore. I haven't found any alternative with the same interface, window manager independent as xnetload/qnetload. qnetload autodetects relevant interfaces, clicking the interface name changes it and saves the interface for the next run (e.g. qnetload will use the latest used interface, handy for interface names like wlp7s0 or enp6s0) I've found it very helpful when using dodgy connections and wanting some sense of speed during some operations, checking the maximum speed of connections and also very important nowadays with mobile connections paying by GB a way to know how much MB the user has used in one session to have an overall idea.
