Application: BatteryCat What it is: BatteryCat is a cross-platform monitoring and health tool that allows via a simple GUI to check information about your laptop battery. Snapshot: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NyCScVvXuXQ/TwR6pQk6Y3I/AAAAAAAACa4/k-zH88Sao8k/s1600/BatteryCat.png To install in Ubuntu: Before we start the installation of BatteryCat, we need first to install this dependency: sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev Then install the application with these commands: wget -O batterycat_0.6.tar.gz http://goo.gl/mCWuJ tar zxvf batterycat_0.6.tar.gz cd batterycat make sudo cp batterycat /usr/local/bin You can then start it via the terminal with this command: batterycat -- Cheers, Dhastha Project staff Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay My experience on Linux: http://dhastha.wordpress.com Member of KanchiLUG : http://www.kanchilug.wordpress.com OAOD : http://dowithlinux.wordpress.com