Any good up-to-date Conky examples or alternatives?
from tetris11@lemmy.ml to linux@lemmy.ml on 29 Nov 18:28
https://lemmy.ml/post/23040696

#linux

threaded - newest

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org on 29 Nov 18:50 next collapse

People still use Conky?

tetris11@lemmy.ml on 29 Nov 18:55 next collapse

apparently not, but what the hell do they use then to show system stats and widgets persistently on their desktop?

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org on 29 Nov 19:13 next collapse

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.

tetris11@lemmy.ml on 29 Nov 19:16 collapse

Well, what good bars are there now?

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org on 29 Nov 19:22 collapse

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.

LastoftheDinosaurs@reddthat.com on 29 Nov 19:25 collapse

Polybar looks pretty cool

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org on 29 Nov 20:18 collapse

I like it, having migrated from previously using lemonbar.

Shareni@programming.dev on 29 Nov 21:08 next collapse

I’ve seen some pretty cool stuff done with ewww

ikidd@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 02:51 collapse

About half a hundred widgets on Plasma.

0x0@programming.dev on 29 Nov 19:42 next collapse

It’s on my todo list.

sawne128@hexbear.net on 29 Nov 20:13 next collapse

Is it on Wayland even?

wesker@lemmy.sdf.org on 29 Nov 20:16 next collapse

Docs say “sort-of kind-of” it seems.

CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml on 30 Nov 06:24 collapse

It works on Wayland for me!

CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml on 30 Nov 06:22 collapse

I do! KDE widgets always seem to end up bugging out for me but Conky is always nice and chill.

nokturne213@sopuli.xyz on 29 Nov 18:54 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://i.imgur.com/9jQnQUI.jpeg">

tetris11@lemmy.ml on 29 Nov 18:58 collapse

Look, I don’t really see what this has to do with the main discussion, but I just want to say that - its really not fair.

For one, the way he was depicted in that video was clearly shown from behind so you couldn’t even see his face, and from the way he was talking you can immediately tell that it’s not his mannerisms. As for your other point, that’s not exactly something anyone can control now, is it? I mean how would you react if you were caught in such a dire circumstance and had to decide between your life or someone else’s.

I think it would be best if you just blanked out your comment at this point.

Edit: Thanks for following through!

originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com on 29 Nov 18:55 next collapse

<img alt="the og ai" src="https://cdn.catsweat.com/cf/87/cf871479cb8ed23aa1cb0581c605e2cee691244aa694885792974499391b1ed8.jpg">

shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 29 Nov 19:10 next collapse

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/pictrs/image/3de78080-e9a1-4621-88f2-dbbbef956c88.webp">

tetris11@lemmy.ml on 29 Nov 19:15 collapse

I don’t understand what political comments like this have to do with conky, but Keir Starmer is best Prime Minister that we’ve got right now and I’d appreciate it if we could stick to the topic at hand

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/655ddc37-3232-4bc7-9dec-dc6e1d2e049f.png">

SteveTech@programming.dev on 29 Nov 22:25 next collapse

Pretty useless unless you use KDE, but I really like KDE’s widgets.

LinusOnLemmyWld@lemmy.world on 08 Dec 04:44 collapse

same, switched my old conky setup to widgets, so much prettier and doesn’t require x11

AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works on 30 Nov 02:15 next collapse

Bunsenlabs Linux (a successor to Crunchbang) still has it by default and their forums have some current conversations about it, maybe check there?

filister@lemmy.world on 30 Nov 07:06 next collapse

Last week I played a bit with Rainmeter and find the idea pretty cool. It is similar to conky but less nerdy and more user friendly. Pity we don’t have anything like that in Linux.

fool@programming.dev on 01 Dec 06:29 collapse

Conky? A window with stats on it?

I’m pretty sure you can spin anything like the sort with ags. Takes some legwork though (bit of TypeScript or Lua). Then just set the layer to something near the bottom and put it on every monitor, skabing, shaboom.