Regarding desktop team status and GNOME 3.7, I don't know the status either, but as I did see a ticket for updating nautilus to 3.7.90 (LP: #1130746), I thought I'd file one for system monitor too, and it's even easier, and it does not depend on anything not available in the repos.
** Changed in: gnome-system-monitor (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Wishlist -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1130956 Title: Update gnome-system-monitor to 3.7.90 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-system-monitor/+bug/1130956/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs