Disk Activity on System Tray

[KeithOfOhio]

Have a computer which lacks any indicator of hard disk activity. It takes from 10-100 seconds for applications to launch on my Dell Inspirion quad-core under Linux Mint 2.0 with Cinnamon 4.8.6 laptop. I run only basic office applications on this stand alone system. With no indicator to see "something" is happening, I am tempted to launch again and again. I miss having an LED that blinked when there was disk activity. Prior to upgrading from Windows 10 on this computer, I used a system tray program which indicated both reading and writing was going on with the solitary hard drive. Looked all over and have not found an equivalent program for Linux Mint/Cinnamon which will put some form of indicator of hard disk activity on the system tray. Can not imagine this not being a standard feature; if not, at least available as an add-on program. Found reference to DiskLED and Activity programs; but, could not download/install either and understand both are defunct.

[LanceM]

There is an included Applet named Multi-Core-System Monitor. To enable it:
Right click panel>Applets>Download>Refresh cache>scroll to the applet>click down arrow ti its right>back to manage tab>click the applet and go down at bottom and click the +
Done!

[KeithOfOhio]

>>>There is an included Applet named Multi-Core-System Monitor. To enable it:

You did not detail where to go; so, I went to system-settings-> and FOUND NO SUCH ITEM; Went system-setting->applets-> and also FOUND NO SUCH ITEM. I am not a master linux user; so, are there applet menus elsewhere? This renders the rest of your offer not possible.

[Grayfox]

>>>There is an included Applet named Multi-Core-System Monitor. To enable it:

You did not detail where to go; so, I went to system-settings-> and FOUND NO SUCH ITEM; Went system-setting->applets-> and also FOUND NO SUCH ITEM. I am not a master linux user; so, are there applet menus elsewhere? This renders the rest of your offer not possible.

I recommend an Applet called "Disk Read and Write Speed"
To download it
Do the following

Start>System Settings>Applets
Click the Downloads tab

Click the Down Arrow to download it
Then click Manage tab, Select the downloaded applet, then press +

Right click the applet on the taskbar, select "Disk" to select the disk or partition you want to monitor.

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Selecting "Configure" will allow you to change settings for the applet.

[KeithOfOhio]

My Dell started failing; so, upgraded to a more modern HP. Found the applet, installed it, and found it TOO LIMITED to be of any use. It would only show one of many partitions on my disk. I continue to look for something that will show ANY activity happening ON the disk REGARDLESS of where on that disk. Guess I am just an old fuddy duddy living in the age of legacy where we watched for security breeches by noting activity NOT expected. Today, privacy has been LOST!!! I did install the Multi Core System Monitor applet which shows CPU, Mem, Net, and Disk activity. Since ONLY the CPU and Mem work, I disabled the Net and DIsk portions not wanting to waste CPU time on non-reporting features. Thanks for trying...

[all41]

Instead of a panel app you can display a simple conky (read about on this forum)