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Temps is a simple, free and open-source smart weather application, designed to stay on the desktop as a widget. It is cross-platform available for Linux, Windows and Mac. It is built using Electron, Menubar, Chart.js, and OpenWeatherMap technologies.
It does work with most of the desktops and lets you touch it visually. Basically it stays on the desktop as a widget and display current weather in any location around the world. It displays forecast for the following four days with current day.
Since this is a non-profit project, developer is not able to offer unlimited access to weather information that means you can signup to OpenWeatherMap API and create a free key for yourself.


Features:
  • Free and open-source
  • Actual weather information for any location
  • Four-Day weather forecast
  • Interactive hourly weather graph
  • Timezone & Geolocation support
  • Information directly in your menubar available
  • Rain, snow and thunder animation
  • Minimal and colorful design

Download zip file and extract it. Then use chmod +x Temps to make it executable from terminal and launch it ./Temps.

Download Temps Weather

There are various weather applications available for Linux. Meteo-Qt is an elegant weather application written in Python3 and Qt5 licensed under GNU General Public License v3, it displays weather information right on the panel and show notifications, further more you can check current week weather on its own window.
It uses OpenWeatherMap service to display weather information, for that you need to create an account on OpenWeatherMap site and get a API key which is free to use. It can only display one place weather at a time, from preferences you can change language, unit, temperature accuracy, update interval, launch at startup, font size and color in tray, notifications, system tray icon, and configure proxy.

Meteo QT

Feature Highlights:
  • Daily hourly weather information
  • Customize font color and size for the tray menu
  • Proxy support
  • Weather update notifications
  • Temperature units (Celsius, Fahrenheit or Kelvin)
  • Available in many languages
  • Auto start on system boot
  • Current week weather forecast which includes humidity, wind, pressure, precipitation, and other info.

Available for Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty/17.10 Artful/16.04 Xenial/Linux Mint 18/and other Ubuntu derivatives
To Install Meteo-QT Weather Application in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


You can also download deb file and install it.

That's it
Simple Weather Indicator is simple and elegant indicator designed to get weather information right on the panel. It is developed using Python languages and uses an in-house open source weather API called Eris to get the current weather condition of the user's location.
It only can display weather of one location at a time but with very detailed information; like Rain, Humidity, Wind speed, Cloudiness, Weather pressure and Visibility. You can either let it detect your location automatically or you can set location manually by entering Latitude and Longitude of the location you want get weather information. As I tested the automatic location detection isn't very accurate, for better results manual method which I will show you how easy it is to get longitude and latitude.

simple weather indicator

Features:

  • Simple & elegant
  • Fairly easy to Configure
  • Automatic location detection or manual location
  • Show/hide location from panel/indicator
  • Enable/disable indicator startup
  • Temperature scale support (Celsius, Fahrenheit)
  • Rounding weather temperature
  • Overall weather condition
  • Humidity level
  • Wind speed
  • Weather cloudiness
  • Weather pressure
  • Weather visibility

simple weather indicator
To setup manual location for simple weather indicator, use Google Maps as shown in the following screenshot to get the longitude and latitude.

How to Install?

Available for Ubuntu 16.10 Yakkety/17.04/16.04 Xenial/14.04 Trusty/Linux Mint 18/17/and other related Ubuntu derivatives
To install Simple Weather Indicator in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


It is also available via AUR for ArchLinux, for other Linux distributions checkout this page.
What weather application do you use in the OS?
Gis-Weather widget tool is easily and massively customizable for Linux desktop, it displays detailed weather forecast. It acts just like conky but with this you don't need to worry about fixing the code in any kind of script, it has super easy weather setup. You can add as much location as you want and add as many widgets as you like, you choose location by right-click + choose to display weather information on the widget. It allows you to change its appearance (background, icons, text, window settings), display on all desktops, lock position to the desktop, choose presets themes for widgets and more customization can be done from its preferences.
Install My-Weather indicator version 0.6.7 in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty and previous versions in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/12.10 Quantal/12.04 Precise/10.04/Linux Mint 16/14/13/9/and other related Ubuntu derivatives

A perfect weather informer for Ubuntu developed by atareao. It displays weather of current or other location on the panel or as desktop widget, you can add up-to two locations in the indicator or show up-to two widgets. It shows complete weather details in the indicator as list, also it has widgets for desktop with various designs and version 0.6.6 got new widget for desktop. These widgets acts and display information just like conky, so in this case you don't need to worry about script modification.
Install My-Weather indicator in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy/Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/11.10/11.04/10.10/10.04/Linux Mint 15/14/13/12/10/9/and other Ubuntu derivatives

It displays weather of current or other location in panel, you can add up-to two locations in the indicator. It shows complete weather details in the indicator list, also it has widgets for desktop with various designs.
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Install My-Weather indicator in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring/Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/13.04/11.10/11.04/10.10/10.04/Linux Mint 14/13/12/10/9

It displays weather of location on panel, You can add up-to 2 locations in this indicator. It shows weather in complete details. There is forecast map option to choose location from map.
weather indicator
You can add up to two locations in this indicator, there are option for show temperature on panel and show notifications about weather. Also you can select "Auto location" for Main location, It will auto detect your current location.
There are three weather sources available: Yahoo, Open Weather Map and World Weather Online. You can choose whatever you want.
You change settings of temperature and details for weather.
In General Options you can select "Auto-start" option to start automatically at login. You can change weather refresh time from "Refresh Frequency" and You can choose light or dark icon for panel.

To install My-Weather indicator in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
That's it
Source: atareao
Install My-Weather indicator in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal/Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/11.10/11.04/10.10/10.04/Linux Mint 14/13/12/10/9

It displays weather of location on panel, You can add up-to 2 locations in this indicator. It shows weather in complete details. There is forecast map option to choose location from map.
weather indicator

weather indicator

weather indicator

You can add up to two locations in this indicator, there are option for show temperature on panel and show notifications about weather. Also you can select "Auto location" for Main location, It will auto detect your current location.
weather indicator
There are three weather sources available: Yahoo, Open Weather Map and World Weather Online. You can choose whatever you want.
weather indicator
You change settings of temperature and details for weather.
weather indicator
In General Options you can select "Auto-start" option to start automatically at login. You can change weather refresh time from "Refresh Frequency" and You can choose light or dark icon for panel.
weather indicator

To install My-Weather indicator in Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
That's it
Ubuntu Indicators Collection for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise/11.10 Oneiric/11.04 Natty/10.04 Lucid LTS/Linux Mint via single PPA

Here are some Ubuntu Indicators which can be useful for everyone. These indicators makes easy to use Ubuntu. After 2nd indicator add NoobsLab ppa and start installation. All indicators are checked on written Ubuntu Version, So hopefully there will be no problem for you to install and use them.

1: Weather Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10/11.04):
Weather Indicator allows to see your current weather situation in Ubuntu panel, This is available in Ubuntu repositories so you don't need to add any PPA for this indicator.

ubuntu weather

To install Weather Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


2: Recent Notifications Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10/11.04):
This indicator stores recent notifications and easily can be access on Ubuntu Panel.

notification indicator

To Install Recent Notification in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


3: Caffeine Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10):
Using caffeine you can disable sleep mode/screen saver under Ubuntu/Mint.

ubuntu caffeine

To install Caffeine Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


4: VirtualBox Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10/10.04):
With VirtualBox Indicator you can open Virtual Machines easily and quickly from Panel.

ubuntu virtualbox

To install VirtualBox Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


5: Classic Menu Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10/11.04):
This Indicator give you Classic menu like old Ubuntu version have on the Panel.

ubuntu classic menu

To install ClassicMenu Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


6: CryptFolder Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10):
CryptFolder Indicator is used to manage EncFS folders easily from panel.

Ubuntu cryptfolder

To install CryptFolder Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


7: Disper Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04):
This Disper Indicator simple detects which monitors are connected to the pc and also provide different options like enable single screen, extended screen or clone screen configuration.

ubuntu disper

To install Disper Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


8: FluxGui Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10/10.04):
FluxGui make your pc screen just like room you are in, it is for all time. When the sunsets fluxgui make your screen like indoor lights. In the morning it make like sunlight again.

ubuntu fluxgui

To install FluxGui Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


9: Google-Tasks Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10):
Google Task Indicator shows your latest 10 tasks in Ubuntu panel.

ubuntu google tasks

To install GoogleTasks Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


10: System Monitor Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10):
System Monitor Indicator shows your cpu and memory usage on Ubuntu Panel.

ubuntu system monitor

To install SystemMonitor Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


11: Lookit Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10/10.04):
With Lookit Indicator you can capture your screen area, active window, full screen. Also you can set delay in capturing screen. There is also upload feature available in this utility.

ubuntu lookit

To install Lookit Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


12: Touchpad Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10):
Touchpad indicator allows you to enable/disable your laptop touchpad easily. You can disable touchpad while typing.

ubuntu touchpad

To install TouchPad Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


13: UbuntuOne Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.10/11.04/10.04):
UbuntuOne indicator shows your UbuntuOne account status in Ubuntu Panel.

ubuntuone indicator

To install UbuntuOne Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


14: Keylock Indicator (For Ubuntu 12.04/11.04):
It is for lock keys Caps, Num and Scroll, It also shows notifications when you enable or disable lock keys.

ubuntu keylock

To install KeyLock Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


15: Workspaces Indicator (For Ubuntu 11.10):
With Workspace indicator you can select desktop from top panel easily.

ubuntu workspaces

To install WorkSpaces Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:


16: Pastie Indicator (For Ubuntu 10.04):
Pastie Indicator saves your clipboard data, Which can be easily accessible from Ubuntu panel.

ubuntu clipboard

To install Pastie Indicator in Ubuntu open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:

Also check this indicator:
>> Windows List Indicator
That's it
Install Gnome Shell 3.4 and Extensions for Gnome Shell 3.4 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin

Gnome 3.4 is the second GNOME release since 3.0 back in April 2011. It brings a large number of improvements to the user experience, including many bug fixes and small enhancements. The result is a shinier, more polished, more reliable GNOME 3.
This release also contains some important new developments. Applications have been a major focus for recent design and development effort, and a host of applications have had significant updates for this release.

gnome shell 3.4

To Install Gnome Shell on Ubuntu 12.04 (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
Here is complete Release Announcement of Gnome 3.4.


First Add NoobsLab PPA to install following Extensions:

>> Install Weather Extension:
weather extension
Open Terminal and enter following command:

To get your Yahoo ID, go to http://weather.yahoo.com, enter your city/zip code and when you find it, look for the orange "RSS" icon on the right. Hovering this icon, you'll see your code - this is the WOEID.
    When you click on RSS icon, You'll see this URL in address bar
    For Example: http://weather.yahooapis.com/forecastrss?p=BUXX0005&u=f (See picture Below)
    The Red Color is "WOEID" code.

    gnome shell weather

    Copy and paste your Woeid id in settings.
    Now Restart your Gnome Shell (Press Alt+F2 and type: 'r') or Logout and Login back.


    >> Install Message Notifier Extension:

    open Terminal and enter following command:

    >> Install System Monitor Extension:
    gnome shell

    open Terminal and enter following command:

    >> Install Bottom Panel, Shutdown, Panel Favorites, Application Menu, Clock, Workspace Extension:

    Bottom Panel Extension
    gnome shell

    Shutdown Menu Extension
    gnome shell

    Panel Favorites Extension
    gnome shell

    Applications Menu Extension
    gnome shell

    Move clock Extension
    gnome shell

    Static Workspace Extension
    gnome shell

    open Terminal and enter following command:


    >> Install Gnome Shell Official Extensions:
    In this extension you can find User-Theme Extension, with this extension you can enable themes in Gnome Shell 3.4.
    gnome shell themes

    Themes Enabled 
    gnome shell 3.4 themes

    Also you will get other Extensions: Native Window Placement, Alternative Status Menu, Alternative Tab, User Themes, Workspace Indicator, Dock, Places Status Indicator, Auto Move Windows, System Monitor, Gajim IM Integration, Removable Drive Menu, WindowNavigator, Applications Menu Extension.

    Enter following command to Install Official Gnome Shell 3.4 Extensions:
    After Installation Press Alt+F2 and type 'r' to restart Gnome Shell, or just logout and login back. Open Gnome Tweak Tool to change/install shell Themes.

    Also Checkout Important Things to do After Install of Ubuntu 12.04

    That's it