gnome-shell-extension-freon VS argos

I imagine you are using GNOME? In that case you can use the extension called freon: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/841/freon/

It would be cool to check your PC temperature, with either a gnome extension https://extensions.gnome.org like freon or install lm-sensors and logging the temperatures. as u/spxak1 said It's probably because your PC is being taxed and tries to cool down your system.

Freon is a nice Gnome Shell for this purpose, it works quite well. Make sure you check their wiki for the dependencies:

Probably. Freon, specifically, runs nvidia-smi, it wakes the device up each time it queries the temperature - if GPU temperature reporting is enabled.

I'm using Freon on Pop!_OS 21.10, and I see a number of sensors detected in my Thelio Mira. I wasn't able to find anywhere in the System76 docs about what each of these may be. The GPU, CPU cores, and disk temp sensors are obvious. I'm wondering where I can find docs or info on what "Composite", "PackageID", "Sensor 1",. "Sensor 2", and "temp1" are measuring.

You still need lm-sensors but there are multiple GUI alternatives to sensors. Simplest is probably xsensors and there are also some GNOME extensions that display data from lm-sensors, like Freon for example (I am not GNOME users so I don't have personal experience with it, but it has good reviews).

Good observation.

Turning off extensions is where OP lost me. In the last year, the single biggest quality of life improvement for me has been discovering the Argos[0] extension, which basically lets you put whatever text/menus you want in the top bar by writing scripts that print to stdout. To save space, I hid the dock (I use [1] as a replacement alt-tab), so the top bar is the only piece of screen that isn't OS chrome.

On my top bar right now I have the time in four time zones (including the ever-important UTC to save a mental calculation when logging at logs), the name of the current Wifi access point, and some VPN details gleaned using a combination of ip r, ping, nc, and curl. Another extension shows free RAM. I look at them dozens of times a day.

[0] https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1176/argos/

[1] https://gist.github.com/cbd32/cbec9a32b32bd9e93b0d2696c71b5f...

I’ve heard this called “the defaults lifestyle” on the Software Defined Talk podcast. I’m forever locked out of nirvana because I have an iPhone but not a Mac, but that’s fine.

Occasionally plugins are worth the expense though. I finally discovered Argos[0] and I’m using it to show time in UTC and a couple other time zones. Super handy.

But if I try some new software and find that I have to tweak it a bunch to make it usable, that means the devs have different aesthetics and I should probably try something else.

[0] https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1176/argos/

I'm really surprised no one mentioned Argos

Currently, Argos extension (not developed since 3.32) holding the records for more than 13.8M downloads following by Dash to Dock extension with 6.2M downloads.

This is what I was referring to.

If you want, you could make the extension yourself via Argos https://github.com/p-e-w/argos using https://www.semicomplete.com/projects/xdotool/ or using one of these https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/38867/is-it-possible-to-retrieve-the-active-window-process-title-in-gnome/122870

Hey Recently I found this widget named Kargos that shows terminal command output as a widget it uses Gnome's argos and BitBar (Mac) This gives a very nice opportunity to make your own custom widget.

Argos

There is Argos. However, maintenance is unclear since the original developer steps down.