Why doesn't my power manager give me a battery life estimate?

[josephellengar]

Yeah. It only says whatever percent, without a battery life estimate. I'm using gnome.

[josephellengar]

Luckily,my computer is desktop not a laptop.
But if percent is shown,don't you estimate the left battery life?

Well yeah, but on my netbook it extremely accurately tells me battery life remaining, which is an excellent feature, so I prefer that.

[hansdown]

Hi rossholley.

If you rightclick an empty spot on the top bar, then click add to panel, you can add the battery charge monitor.

[josephellengar]

Hi rossholley.

If you rightclick an empty spot on the top bar, then click add to panel, you can add the battery charge monitor.

Thanks for answering. I don't seem to have that applet. Do you know what the package name is?

[hansdown]

If you want something from synaptic, try


wmbattery