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Pinger.py
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A ping tool that sits in your system tray
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- Saves your sanity when the wifi sucks
- Doesn't clutter up your screen with ping windows
- Lets you know when pings fail instead of silently failing
- **Currently for Ubuntu only**
- (Requires Python, GTK, and AppIndicator3)
- Startup Automatically option creates a `~/.config/autostart/pinger.desktop` file
- **Contributions welcome to expand to other OSes!**

**Usage (in Ubuntu):**

Open the Terminal program and enter the following commands:

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/zyphlar/pinger.git
python pinger/pinger.py &

Pinger should open in your system tray. To set Pinger to start automatically (in Ubuntu) click it and choose Start Automatically.

Report bugs or feature requests at https://github.com/zyphlar/pinger/issues

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