yes, I agree with you. But if you look to graph, you will notice, that speed in some units of bytes/sec
2009/4/27 Endolith <endol...@gmail.com>: > Network speed should be in 1000s of bits per second, as it is used > everywhere else. > > kbit/s = 1,000 bit/s > Mbit/s = 1,000,000 bit/s > ... > > -- > system monitor uses incorrect network speed (throughput) units > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366235 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “gnome-system-monitor” source package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Binary package hint: gnome-system-monitor > > Network monitor uses incorrect units for showing network throughput. It uses > MiB/sec, KiB/sec and so on. > > http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html > Examples and comparisons with SI prefixes > one kibibit 1 Kibit = 2^10 bit = 1024 bit > one kilobit 1 kbit = 10^3 bit = 1000 bit > one mebibyte 1 MiB = 2^20 B = 1 048 576 B > one megabyte 1 MB = 10^6 B = 1 000 000 B > one gibibyte 1 GiB = 2^30 B = 1 073 741 824 B > one gigabyte 1 GB = 10^9 B = 1 000 000 000 B > > Specifying network throughput in some units of bytes/sec is incorrect. The > network throughput should always specified in some units of bits/sec > (kbits,mbits per second). The speed of downloading a file may be specified in > KiB/sec. is's OK, but not for netowrk device throughput. Please fix. At least > add option into preferences... > > mma...@mmarkk-ubuntu:~$ LANG=C lsb_release -rd > Description: Ubuntu 8.10 > Release: 8.10 > > ProblemType: Bug > Architecture: i386 > DistroRelease: Ubuntu 8.10 > ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/gnome-system-monitor > Package: gnome-system-monitor 2.24.1-0ubuntu1 > ProcEnviron: > LANG=ru_RU.UTF-8 > PATH=/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/games > SHELL=/bin/bash > SourcePackage: gnome-system-monitor > Uname: Linux 2.6.27-11-generic i686 > -- Segmentation fault -- system monitor uses incorrect network speed (throughput) units https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/366235 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
