tetris11@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 5 days agoAny good up-to-date Conky examples or alternatives?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up138arrow-down10
arrow-up138arrow-down1message-squareAny good up-to-date Conky examples or alternatives?tetris11@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 5 days agomessage-square24fedilink
minus-squareRandom Dent@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoI do! KDE widgets always seem to end up bugging out for me but Conky is always nice and chill.
minus-squaretetris11@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 days agoapparently not, but what the hell do they use then to show system stats and widgets persistently on their desktop?
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-25 days agoI think that’s out of style. I think most people are using their bar to display the basics, and then just view detailed system info in terminal.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 days agoI’ve personally been using polybar for the last 2 years. A combination of the default modules, and then some custom scripts I’ve written.
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoI like it, having migrated from previously using lemonbar.
minus-squareShareni@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoI’ve seen some pretty cool stuff done with ewww
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 days agoAbout half a hundred widgets on Plasma.
minus-squaresawne128 [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoIs it on Wayland even?
minus-squareDr. Wesker@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-25 days agoDocs say “sort-of kind-of” it seems.
People still use Conky?
I do! KDE widgets always seem to end up bugging out for me but Conky is always nice and chill.
apparently not, but what the hell do they use then to show system stats and widgets persistently on their desktop?
I think that’s out of style. I think most people are using their bar to display the basics, and then just view detailed system info in terminal.
Well, what good bars are there now?
I’ve personally been using polybar for the last 2 years. A combination of the default modules, and then some custom scripts I’ve written.
Polybar looks pretty cool
I like it, having migrated from previously using lemonbar.
I’ve seen some pretty cool stuff done with ewww
About half a hundred widgets on Plasma.
Is it on Wayland even?
It works on Wayland for me!
Docs say “sort-of kind-of” it seems.
It’s on my todo list.