"GNOMEfiles' lists are dominated by administrative utilities. Its monitoring applications include the Computer Temperature Monitor and GNOME Sensor Applet, both of which offer users readings that are unavailable from a standard GNOME install, and gnoMint, which manages certification authorities.
"All these apps clearly give functionality that default GNOME installations lack. The monitoring applications, perhaps, reflect the fact that dual-core machines are becoming the norm, causing a concern with overheating."