Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Carles Pina i Estany <car...@pina.cat> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org
* Package name : qnetload Version : 1.3.2 Upstream Contact: Carles Pina i Estany <car...@pina.cat> * URL : https://github.com/cpina/qnetload * License : GPL-3.0 Programming Lang: C++ Description : Display graphically network speed and usage Similar look and feel to xnetload with some extra features (keeping the retro UI). . Change the monitored interface, on startup it uses previous interface, and right click on the interface name to see the IP. . Show the current speed and total downloaded/uploaded from the start of qnetload to now. Click on graph to calculate the MB/hour projected. Click on the Started / Elapsed to rotate between them. I used to use xnetload which is not part of Debian anymore (since before 2017 I think). xnetload is available in https://github.com/rsmith-nl/xnetload but no updates, when I checked (this might be fixed) had problems if an interface transmited more than 2^32 (4 GB). qnetload is a more modern (Qt) but similar UI alternative. I've found {x,q}netload very useful on situations such as: - metered connections (e.g. mobile 4G+, etc.) to see that data is not being over-used. Also to get an estimate (with a click of the mouse) on how much data this video-call or radio station is going to use over one hour - very flaky connections (e.g. on a ship, airplane, train, etc.) - useful for debugging the connection (application got stuck or all the network stopped transmitting for some seconds?) In 2017, when I started implementing qnetload, I could not find any alternative to it. I plan to maintain it myself. I need a sponsor. I have a working package that I will upload to https://mentors.debian.net/ in about 2 or 3 days.
