Mangohud works really great for this inside a game, but outside of that I am not sure what to turn to check temps at idle.

I would prefer a GUI tool (QT since I am on Plasma), but I am also comfortable with the terminal. What are you all using?

  • MentalEdgeEnglish
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    10 months ago

    The default system monitor application that comes with KDE can do this. You will need to click the “edit page” button in the top right, and create a custom layout that shows all the sensors you want. Here is mine:

    You can display the data using pie charts, text, line charts, etc.

    Once you create your layout, you can even turn it into a widget that you can have on your desktop or drop into your taskbar.

    • Fisch@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      10 months ago

      KDE’s system monitor is absolutely great, I kinda missed it when switching to GNOME because their default system monitor is very lackluster. I’m now using Mission Center instead tho, which is great! It’s basically an almost 1:1 copy of the Windows Task Manager but I think that’s a good thing, Task Manager is one of the few things about Windows that are actually really good IMO.

      • million@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
        1·
        10 months ago

        That’s a cool program thanks for the recommendation. However, it’s disappointing they don’t have CPU temps on it. Actually there are CPU temps, just missed it the first time I was looking at the program.

    • million@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      10 months ago

      Are these dashboard exportable / importable at all? If so can you share you config files?

      • MentalEdgeEnglish
        2·
        10 months ago

        They are, though the sensors are hardware specific. So while I could export and send you this particular page, it likely won’t show any temps and fan rpms, as the associated hardware wouldn’t be there.

        A lot of stuff does work though, like the application list and network graphs, so I could export it for you tomorrow if you like.

        Or I could just explain more about how to configure it, it’s really not that complicated. For a display item, you basically just need to pick a display mode (line graph is good for temps) and then add what sensors you want displayed in it. Everything else is just visual tweaks you don’t have to touch.