system information
 

i would like to ask if anyone knows any good utility that can show me in the system tray, or on the desktop, information about my system,
like cpu speed, ram,...

gkrellm, torsmo, gdesklets, adesklets...

To get a package description: "apt-cache show package_name".

To get info on how to use installed applications: www.google.com, /usr/share/doc/package_name, "man some_command".

check this link for some of the tools it give you your comple hardware details

http://debianhelp.co.uk/hardware.htm

thanks

Though I've only installed it yesterday, it looks like a good eye candy :) http://www.superkaramba.com/ and you can do a lot more then sys info, (weather plugin is great) . :D:D:D

Be sure to visit kdelook.org if you are going to try out SuperKaramba.