Ubuntu Dock Launcher for NVIDIA-SMI (Gnome)

What is this ?

• A launcher for the NVIDIA System Management Interface (NVIDIA-SMI) that can be used through the Ubuntu Gnome dock.
• Intended to be used as a convenience, instead of typing "watch -n0.1 nvidia-smi" in a terminal, every time you want to monitor the status of your NVIDIA graphics card (e.g., VRAM and GPU utilization while training deep learning models).

Prerequisites:

• Ubuntu >= 20.04
• Install the NVIDIA drivers for your Ubuntu distribution (if they are not present already).
• GNOME

Installation:

• chmod +x install_nvidia_smi_launcher.sh
• sudo --preserve-env=HOME ./install_nvidia_smi_launcher.sh
• After installation, click on the "Show Applications" button of the Ubuntu Gnome Dock, find the NVIDIA icon of the launcher, right click on it, and select "Add to Favorites".

Removal:

• chmod +x uninstall_nvidia_smi_launcher.sh
• sudo --preserve-env=HOME ./uninstall_nvidia_smi_launcher.sh

Notes:

• The NVIDIA icon file used in this project is available under the Creative Commons (Attribution 3.0 Unported) license from the following link: https://www.iconfinder.com/icons/4518899/nvidia_icon
• A copy of the Creative Commons (Attribution 3.0 Unported) license can be found at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/