WMCPULoad

I recently had the opportunity to try out WMCPULoad, a CPU monitor dockapp that comes with an LCD look-alike user interface. The software is designed to display the current CPU usage as a percentile and in chart format. One of the features I appreciated was the ability to turn on/off the back-light by clicking the mouse button over the application.

Another feature I found useful was the alarm mode, which alerts the user by turning back-light on when the CPU usage hits a certain threshold. WMCPULoad works well with various operating systems, including GNU/Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, BSDi, Solaris, Cygwin, IRIX, and Darwin.

If you're wondering which specific platforms are supported, here's a comprehensive list:

- GNU/Linux Redhat 7.0, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3 (x86)
- GNU/Linux Mandrake 7.2, 8.0, 8.1, 8.2 (x86, ppc)
- Debian GNU/Linux 2.2 potato (x86)
- Debian GNU/Linux 3.0 woody, sarge, sid (x86, alpha, arm, hppa, ia64, m68k, mips, ppc, s390, sparc)
- GNU/Linux SuSE 7.0, 7.1 (x86)
- GNU/Linux Gentoo 1.0, 1.0a (x86, powerpc)
- FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE (x86)
- FreeBSD 4-STABLE (x86, alpha)
- FreeBSD 5-CURRENT (x86, alpha)
- OpenBSD 2.9 (x86)
- NetBSD 1.5 (x86, amigappc, bebox, macppc, powerpc, prep, vax)
- BSDi 4.1
- Solaris 7, 8
- Cygwin 1.3.3 / Windows 98, Me
- Cygwin 1.3.10 / Windows 98, Me, 2000
- IRIX 6.5
- Darwin 6.0.1

The installation process for WMCPULoad was straightforward. You simply need to follow these steps:

1. tar -zxvf wmcpuload-< version >.tar.gz
2. cd wmcpuload-< version >
3. ./configure
4. make
5. su root
6. make install (or 'make install-strip')
7. wmcpuload &

One thing to note is that WMCPULoad may not work with non-GNU make. For example, it doesn't work on OpenBSD when you run 'make clean'.

Overall, I would recommend WMCPULoad to anyone who needs a reliable and easy-to-use CPU monitor. The software works seamlessly across multiple platforms and offers numerous helpful features.