11 Useful Application Indicators for Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10

Weather Indicator Applet

A very simple weather indicator applet that just works. To install Weather Indicator application indicator in Ubuntu 11.04, you either Click Here OR simply copy-paste the following command into Terminal.

sudo apt-get install indicator-weather

Dropbox Application Indicator

Download Dropbox Nautilus client first. Both 32bit and 64bit versions of the DEB file are available. Download Dropbox.

Sysmonitor Indicator

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexeftimie/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-sysmonitor

System Load Indicator

System Load Indicator is a simple network, memory and CPU usage indicator which is actually a port of the original System Monitor GNOME Panel applet. 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:indicator-multiload/stable-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-multiload

Touchpad Indicator

Very useful if you are using a laptop/netbook which doesn't have a physical button to enable/disable touchpad, which is my case unfortunately.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator

Battery Status Indicator

Another useful application for laptop users. Battery Status application indicator is capable of displaying detailed information about the battery. 

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:iaz/battery-status
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install battery-status

Workspaces Indicator

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:geod/ppa-geod
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-workspaces

Keylock Application Indicator

Keylock Applicatior Indicator shows which key locks you have enabled(caps, num and scroll locks supported among others).

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tsbarnes/indicator-keylock 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install indicator-keylock

Caffeine Application Indicator

Caffeine is a very useful application application that can temporarily prevent the activation of both the screensaver and the "sleep" powersaving mode. There is even an option to activate Caffeine when specific applications are launched.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:caffeine-developers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install caffeine

Pastie Clipboard Manager Indicator

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hel-sheep/pastie
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pastie

Syspeek Indicator

SysPeek is another small utility (an "applet type") that runs within the notification area of your Ubuntu PC/Laptop and displays updated information about CPU/RAM, etc once you click on its small icon

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vicox/syspeek
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install syspeek

Last thing: don't forget to add them to start up application :D