Conky

[pch.shot]

No offence!! Crap!!

[pch.shot]

It is not that accurate(believe me)!!! And no offense to the developers either. Just more clutter on your desktop. But each to his own. If one likes a bunch of crap on one's desktop go for it. I prefer a nice clean desktop so I can concentrate on what I'm trying to do. Like watch a movie or have some fun. I'm not that concerned about what is supposedly going on with my hardware(I'm not that paranoid). I trust the operating system I'm using to make everything work as it should. Call me kooky(or grumpy or whatever you want). If you are trying to shame me, good luck. Thousands have tried. If you are going to constantly use ageism in your comments, I will have to send these people to visit you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CStfT8gCrjM

[pch.shot]

Here is an example of a clean fully function desktop.

[stanca]

Use enlightenment pch.shot,it's the cleanest desktop environment I have ever seen.

[Uffe]

You got anything better that you use? Or are you just afraid of change? Is it to flashy for your old grumpy ass. To shiny and confusing for ya.

Then I must be too old too I prefer this one - normally just 4 small windows in the top-bar - and only one click away from more details, only thing I miss there is the possibility to add CPU temperature measurement.

[stanca]

With such of desktops I would die for boredom and all the newbies will run away.

[pch.shot]

Strider typed 'I am a control freak and need to now what is going on with my system'
Maybe you should study electronics and tear apart all your hardware and see how it all works(but I bet you have already tried that haven't you?). Now if you are over clocking your cpu, yes it is essential to monitor temperatures to get a stable over clock. If you notice strange behavior look into it. But be wary. A lot of software to monitor hardware is not very accurate(most of it). I must admit, on my P4 running XP I do monitor my cpu temperature because I do over clock from time to time when I have a lot of video to encode(I hate waiting too long-immediate is what I'm looking for). If I am having a hardware issue I will look into it and decide if replacement is necessary. When your motherboard or PSU decide to go, good luck. You might get lucky and they won't fry all the other components(I haven't had such luck). I build a new computer every couple of years and hope the old ones hang in there for a while longer to be used for less demanding tasks(like surfing the web or playing music(video). Let's face it, all computer parts are mass produced without proper quality control. You may get a well made part once in a while if you are lucky. My PIII is 10 years old and still kicking(the stuff was made better in the old days-it was expensive but made to last).

[stanca]

Uffe,I have given up for long time ago to the local language support in my Ultimate Edition.It always sucks and give more problems&trouble.As long the Ultimate Edition is an american made I will use US english.

[pch.shot]

Time to open up the box and blow all the dust out. I haven't done it in two years and dread the thought(Look at the hardware list in my profile). The great thing about my PIII is that it has so few parts inside the wind just blows through it and keeps it nice and clean-and of course, I'm tearing it apart constantly.

[Uffe]

Uffe,I have given up for long time ago to the local language support in my Ultimate Edition.It always sucks and give more problems&trouble.As long the Ultimate Edition is an american made I will use US english.

Almost every thing is translated to Danish here and I haven't found any significant errors in translation yet. Suppose it's your local community that haven't done their work very well regarding translation.