GNOME Sensors Applet <http://sensors-applet.sourceforge.net/>

Author: Alex Murray <pragmatine@gmail.com>

GNOME Sensors Applet is an applet for the GNOME Panel to display
readings from hardware sensors, including CPU temperature, fan speeds
and voltage readings under Linux.

Supported interfaces:

    * ACPI thermal zones.
    * Linux kernel i2c[1] modules (for kernel 2.6).
    * lm_sensors and i2c[1] packages (for kernel 2.4)
    * Linux kernel i8k[2] module (for Dell Inspiron Laptops).
    * Linux kernel PowerPC modules therm_adt746x and therm_windtunnel.
    * Linux kernel ibm-acpi[3] module
    * hddtemp[4] daemon for reading temperatures from
      S.M.A.R.T. equipped disks.


Includes a simple, yet highly customizable display and intuitive
user-interface.

Alarms can be set for each sensor to notify the user once a certain
high or low value has been reached, and can be configured to execute a
given command at given repeated intervals.

GNOME HIG v2.0 compliant

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Requirements

    * GNOME 2.8 desktop environment, with GTK >=2.4.0 and libpanelapplet-2
    * For ACPI support:
      	  o Linux kernel 2.6 with ACPI modules loaded (CONFIG_ACPI & 
	    CONFIG_ACPI_THERMAL)
    * For i2c support:
          o Linux kernel 2.6 with appropriate i2c modules loaded OR
          o Linux kernel 2.4 with lm_sensors and i2c packages installed
    * For i8k support:
          o Linux kernel 2.6 with i8k module enabled ("Support for
    	    Dell laptops" (CONFIG_I8K))
    * For PowerPC support:
          o Linux kernel 2.6 with the therm_adt746x ("Support for
    	    thermal management on laptops with ADT 746x chipset"
     	    (THERM_ADT746X)) or therm_windtunnel ("Support for thermal
     	    management on Windtunnel G4s" (THERM_WINDTUNNEL)) module enabled
    * For hddtemp support:
          o hddtemp running in daemon mode


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Debian, Fedora, Ubuntu  and most standard distro users will need to do a 
./configure --prefix=/usr
to ensure proper installation within the correct path.

[1] http://secure.netroedge.com/~lm78/
[2] http://people.debian.org/~dz/i8k/00-README
[3] http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/
[4] http://www.guzu.net/linux/hddtemp.php