{"id":8033,"date":"2018-08-06T15:36:20","date_gmt":"2018-08-06T15:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=8033"},"modified":"2018-08-06T15:36:20","modified_gmt":"2018-08-06T15:36:20","slug":"display-internet-speed-ubuntu-18-04-gnome-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/08\/display-internet-speed-ubuntu-18-04-gnome-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Display Internet Speed in Ubuntu 18.04 Gnome Panel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/classic-gnome-icon.png\" alt=\"gnome shell\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5741\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Want to display internet speed in Ubuntu panel? I used to use an indicator applet in Ubuntu when the Unity desktop was the default. Now in Ubuntu 18.04 this can be done via a Gnome shell extension.<\/p>\n<p>The Gnome shell extension system is a replacement for the &#8220;applets&#8221; or &#8220;widgets&#8221; system. Extensions can add their own items to the top panel. And <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/hedayaty\/NetSpeed\" target=\"_blank\"><b>NetSpeed<\/b><\/a> extension display internet speed in Gnome panel.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/netspeed-gnome3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"483\" height=\"222\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/netspeed-gnome3.jpg 483w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/netspeed-gnome3-450x207.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>To install NetSpeed extension<\/b>, simply open Ubuntu Software, search for and install &#8220;netspeed&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/netspeed-extension-600x242.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"242\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-8035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/netspeed-extension-600x242.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/netspeed-extension-450x182.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/netspeed-extension-768x310.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/netspeed-extension.jpg 901w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It displays internet speed in top-right system tray area once you installed the extension. For settings, go to Ubuntu Software -> NetSpeed -> Extension Settings.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it. Enjoy!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to display internet speed in Ubuntu panel? I used to use an indicator applet in Ubuntu when the Unity desktop was the default. Now in Ubuntu 18.04 this can be done via a Gnome shell extension. The Gnome shell extension system is a replacement for the &#8220;applets&#8221; or &#8220;widgets&#8221; system. Extensions can add their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[1062],"class_list":["post-8033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-howtos","tag-netspeed-indicator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8033\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}