Monitor Network Usage With Download Monitor

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEKCDameJ5KLpVIS9uNF3lczzzQ59roY7tTeh0-3ZQb_GzZZY-idyv3Ou3jJTyNM-pqfYKHIVMPoAj1S7nnH41cDgUmHNHJr5SZ5SNoXKEoo0qRoWeiT6rRnzo6HjJfx8eATEZvkbRrQF/s1600/download-monitor.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="download monitor" border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKEKCDameJ5KLpVIS9uNF3lczzzQ59roY7tTeh0-3ZQb_GzZZY-idyv3Ou3jJTyNM-pqfYKHIVMPoAj1S7nnH41cDgUmHNHJr5SZ5SNoXKEoo0qRoWeiT6rRnzo6HjJfx8eATEZvkbRrQF/s320/download-monitor.png" title="download monitor" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="https://launchpad.net/download-monitor">Download Monitor</a> is an application developed for the Ubuntu Apps Showdown, useful for computers with a limited Internet plan. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The <a href="http://www.solarwinds.com/network-performance-monitor.aspx">network monitor</a> application displays monthly, daily and hourly amount of data transferred over the network and it can warn you using desktop notifications when you're about to exceed the usage quota, which you can set from its preferences.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Download Monitor integrates nicely with Unity<b> </b>by using dynamic quicklists so you can see the network usage with a click and also, there's an Unity Launcher progress bar which displays the used / remaining usage quota:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnyL4OVowMK9NKrcHCPv2DyU0s8yeccr2rRyDGu_qRNUXakRf5uCXWIyZEx6XUDzTInH1drPgoJE0RDhPMIk1GVI9u3PaenOLoicn3qKVU5fApt5nZQ1oaaerw6g2HbxXdC_EMS4izPeG/s1600/download-monitor_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="download monitor" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQnyL4OVowMK9NKrcHCPv2DyU0s8yeccr2rRyDGu_qRNUXakRf5uCXWIyZEx6XUDzTInH1drPgoJE0RDhPMIk1GVI9u3PaenOLoicn3qKVU5fApt5nZQ1oaaerw6g2HbxXdC_EMS4izPeG/s1600/download-monitor_1.png" title="download monitor" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once the Ubuntu Apps Showdown is over, Download Monitor will be available in the Ubuntu Software Center but if you want to install it already, you can use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:duncanjdavis/download-monitor-submit<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install download-monitor</code></pre>For other Linux distributions, you can get Download Monitor via <a href="https://launchpad.net/download-monitor/+download">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><i>Also see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/network-traffic-monitor-ntm-for.html">Network Traffic Monitor (NTM) For Computers With Limited Internet Plans</a></i>

Monitor Network Usage With Download Monitor

Download Monitor is an application developed for the Ubuntu Apps Showdown, useful for computers with a limited Internet plan. The network ...

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