elementary / elementary/monitor

Feature request: Add option to disable smoothing

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Description

Please add an option to disable smoothing. This is something which is supported by Gnome System Monitor.

Here is an example CPU plot from Gnome System Monitor (of a stacked chart):
![smoothing-enabled](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2998569/150430399-17830832-10d0-46ad-9170-13c3d501b209.png)
Here is how the plot can look with **smoothing disabled**:
![smoothing-disabled](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2998569/150430450-f819fe79-129e-4c2e-8164-36f15d86043f.png)

The option to disable smooth plots is within the Gnome System Monitor preferences dialog:
![gnome-system-monitor-preferences](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2998569/150430679-732ed49a-251f-4d48-ac66-ab8b55ee889a.png)

Here is another plot from Gnome System Monitor (not a stacked chart):
![with-smoothing-not-stacked](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2998569/150431282-950d29d4-3717-46bf-82aa-e2cfe1ad86fd.png)
And the same kind of plot with **smoothing disabled**:
![without-smoothing-not-stacked](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/2998569/150431321-ad99a0ee-1a8a-4bfb-a8f9-b063bd7dd9d3.png)

The rationale for this feature request: I find the CPU plots easier to read with the smooth lines disabled because having slightly less detail makes it easier to identify what is going on with only a quick glance.

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