Using GB instad of GiB in indicator-multiload popup

[Sergio A Guzmán]

The RAM (memory) values presented in indicator popup does not match with the same values in Gnome System Monitor (let's abbreviate it as SM).

This is because indicator-multiload is using GB instead of GiB, values in GiB is more understandable / comprehensible for me.

For example, about memory used, SM shows 7.0 GiB and indicator shows 7.5GB.
The same occurs in total / physical memory, my system has 8 GB of RAM, Ubuntu recognizes about ~7.7 GB and SM represents correctly this value, "free" command too... but indicator shows 8.3 MB. Totally confusing.

Would be great to parameterize that: I like to see GiB-like values but other users like to see GB-like values.

Ubuntu 16.04.1 64bits
Thanks!!

[Michael Hofmann (mh21)]

I've added a size2 function that uses IEC units in trunk, but at the moment, I'm not going to change the default menu entries, as reasoning about anything in base-2 units gets really complicated really fast.

A compiled version can be found at https://launchpad.net/~indicator-multiload/+archive/ubuntu/daily. You can then adjust the menu entries yourself.

Hope that helps!

[Michael Hofmann (mh21)]

The size2 function will be in the next release, but the default menu entries will not be changed