mb-applet-system-monitor(1)
β¨ NAME β¨
okay so bestie, say hi to mb-applet-system-monitor β it's a system monitor panel applet π (yes that's the whole name, it's giving very descriptive, we love that for it)
This is the manual page for mb-applet-system-monitor(1) from the General Commands Manual, and honestly? It's short but it ate. π
πΈ SYNOPSIS πΈ
mb-applet-system-monitor
That's it. No flags. No arguments. No drama. She just exists and does her job. main character energy fr fr β¨
π DESCRIPTION π
So mb-applet-system-monitor is a panel applet β like a lil widget that lives in your panel β and what it does is show you the current utilisation of system resources. π
It shows a graph with two bars:
- the left-hand bar shows the amount of memory being used π§
- the right-hand bar shows the amount of processor time being used π₯
Two bars, zero mystery. Obsessed.
π¦ about Matchbox (iykyk)
Matchbox is a base environment for the X Window System, and it runs on non-desktop embedded platforms like:
- handhelds π«Ά
- set-top boxes πΊ
- kiosks πͺ
- ...and literally anything else where screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited π
Basically if your device is tiny and picky, Matchbox is there for it. Periodt. π
π AUTHOR π
mb-applet-system-monitor was written by Matthew Allum <mallum@o-hand.com>. Genius behaviour, no cap. π
π heads up bestie: that email is written with a line break in the original, so it's literally <mallum@o-hand.com> β copy it exactly, don't go freestyling.
that's the whole page, babe β this one's from the General Commands Manual, dated Jul 17 2004, for mb-applet-system-monitor(1). β¨ππ¦ oldie but a goodie, stan. πΈππ
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-1
- debian trixie: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-2
- ubuntu jammy: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-1
- ubuntu noble: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-1build2
- ubuntu questing: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-2
- ubuntu resolute: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-4
- ubuntu stonking: matchbox-panel 0.9.3+git20100816-4
- Copyright 2004 Moray Allan
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms