#2061 2023-08-17 15:17:54

Sector11

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Thanks for those and I'm stealing 'em

You're welcome.  I am aka; The Tpyo Knig so I use aliases a LOT!

I have this in my ~/,bashrc file

####################
# ALIAS DEFINITIONS & FUNCTIONS
# Thanks to Mark Buck
# You may want to put all your additions into a separate file like
# ~/.bash_aliases, instead of adding them here directly.
# See /usr/share/doc/bash-doc/examples in the bash-doc package.
# ↑↑↑ NO LONGER EXISTS ↑↑↑

### My Aliases #####
if [ -f ~/bin/Bash/bash_aliases ]; then
    . ~/bin/Bash/bash_aliases
fi

### My Functions ###
if [ -f ~/bin/Bash/bash_functions ]; then
    . ~/bin/Bash/bash_functions
fi

Those two lines help keep my 'bash' file a lot cleaner.

These are my most used ones:

alias up2='sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade --no-install-recommends && date +%Y·%m·%d%n%T > /media/5/Conky/sysupdated'
alias sup2='sudo apt update && apt upgrade --no-install-recommends --simulate'

alias disup2='sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade --no-install-recommends && date +%Y·%m·%d%n%T > /media/5/Conky/sysupdated'
alias sdisup2='sudo apt update && apt dist-upgrade --no-install-recommends --simulate'

alias get='sudo apt install --no-install-recommends'
alias getr='sudo apt install'
alias sget='apt install --no-install-recommends --simulate'
alias sgetr='apt install --simulate'

alias rget='sudo apt install --reinstall --no-install-recommends'
alias rgetr='sudo apt install --reinstall'
alias srget='apt install --reinstall --no-install-recommends --simulate'
alias srgetr='apt install --reinstall --simulate'

before you ask why I have:

&& date +%Y·%m·%d%n%T > /media/5/Conky/sysupdated'

Check out the "S YS   I N F O" section of my conky.

We now return you to your Distro-Hopping activities.
Sorry for the interruption.

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Gaucho

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Trying out the new MX-23 KDE

I was waiting for one of you to try at least one of the new MX Linux spins. Pretty great?

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DeepDayze

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Trying out the new MX-23 KDE

I was waiting for one of you to try at least one of the new MX Linux spins. Pretty great?

So far so good, and the MX tools are great.

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Colonel Panic

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

I'll bet. I haven't tried the new MX yet but I like what they do with conky (LegacyOS, which is built on AntiX, does something similar).

jeffreyC

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Trying out the new MX-23 KDE

I was waiting for one of you to try at least one of the new MX Linux spins. Pretty great?

Pretty great?
In a word; Yes.
I started with the second beta and liked it, it got better on the way to the final release.
I usually wait for the first point release to install but not this time.

Colonel Panic

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

I've just updated Salix 15.0, which is working well but I had to download and install slackpkg to do it as it isn't included in the distro.

I'm also trying the latest version of Nobara, a distro which is based on Fedora 38 and has Steam and other packages installed for a good gaming experience. It uses Gnome as its desktop manager but with a few tweaks to make it look and work more like classic Gnome (which I believe is to its credit).

One odd omission though is that it doesn't come with Thunderbird or any other e-mail client as standard, though it's easy enough to install one.

Last edited by Colonel Panic (2023-08-19 21:13:51)

Martin

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

One odd omission though is that it doesn't come with Thunderbird or any other e-mail client as standard, though it's easy enough to install one.

I think you are correct and I think it makes sense for experienced users: You get a sane, bare-bones Linux and then you add the programs you like to have.

/Martin

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Sector11

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

I'll bet. I haven't tried the new MX yet but I like what they do with conky (LegacyOS, which is built on AntiX, does something similar).

¿Conky?  What do they do with conky?

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Colonel Panic

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Here's a screenshot;

https://distrowatch.com/images/slinks/legacy.png

ceeslans

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

I'm on MX -- but what MX does with conky is nothing spectacular

Last edited by ceeslans (2023-08-22 07:08:45)

Sector11

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Here's a screenshot;

https://distrowatch.com/images/slinks/legacy.png

In all honesty I prefer mine, clock (top centre) and day date( bottom right).

But that's the beauty of Linux and Conky you can have them both "your way".

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Colonel Panic

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

I'm taking these last two posts together because they both deal with conky.

I'm on MX -- but what MX does with conky is nothing spectacular

I haven't seen the latest one yet. The conky configuration in MX KDE 21 is unspectacular but I find it fairly clear.

Here's a screenshot;

https://distrowatch.com/images/slinks/legacy.png

In all honesty I prefer mine, clock (top centre) and day date( bottom right).

But that's the beauty of Linux and Conky you can have them both "your way".

You can, but it takes a bit of editing configuration files and isn't a beginner's level task. The themes which come with Legacy all have the clock more to the centre than they are there (see the THEMES screenshots above the DESKTOP one);

https://legacyoslinux.net/

Last edited by Colonel Panic (2023-08-22 20:14:12)

marens

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

@Colonel Panic

That clock is a modified Gotham conky (author TeeJee - I think it's from 2014).
It's always on my desktops with some modifications.

I recently wrote about it in this forum:
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 99#p128799

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Colonel Panic

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

@Colonel Panic

That clock is a modified Gotham conky (author TeeJee - I think it's from 2014).
It's always on my desktops with some modifications.

I recently wrote about it in this forum:
https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewtopic … 99#p128799

Thanks, I'll have a look at that thread. I've looked at the Conky thread before but most of the posters there are trying to do more elaborate things with their Conky configs than I either want or need; all I want displayed are the time, day and date, CPU usage, swap and memory usage. I also don't want to get into lua scripting if I can possibly avoid it.

Last edited by Colonel Panic (2023-08-23 11:42:21)

Sector11

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

You can, but it takes a bit of editing configuration files and isn't a beginner's level task. The themes which come with Legacy all have the clock more to the centre than they are there (see the THEMES screenshots above the DESKTOP one);

Well, I disagree with that "and isn't a beginner's level task" part.
My first experience with Linux was in July 2007 when Win2k died.
I installed Ubuntu 07.04 the next day.
Joined the Ubuntu forums in Sept 2007
24 Dec 2007 I discovered conky
- my fist ever conky post
- my conky - ugly as anything.
And I wrote my fist Conky HowTo on 22 July 2008 a year later that Ubuntu used to put in their "help" section and still use the basic setup I wrote. SettingUpConky

Conky is as simple or as complex as you want it to be.

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marens

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

@Colonel Panic

I found an original TeeJee Gotham conky from that time in my archives.

It looks like this:

use_xft yes
xftfont 123:size=8
xftalpha 0.1
update_interval 1
total_run_times 0

own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_colour 000000
own_window_argb_visual no
own_window_argb_value 0

double_buffer yes
#minimum_size 250 5
#maximum_width 500
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color white
default_shade_color red
default_outline_color green
alignment top_middle
gap_x 0
gap_y 20
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 1
override_utf8_locale yes
use_spacer yes


minimum_size 0 0
TEXT
${voffset 10}${color EAEAEA}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=120}${time %I:%M}${font}${voffset -84}${offset 10}${color FFA300}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=42}${time %d} ${voffset -15}${color EAEAEA}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=22}${time  %B} ${time %Y}${font}${voffset 24}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=58}${offset -148}${time %A}${font}
${voffset 1}${offset 12}${font Ubuntu:pixelsize=12}${color FFA300}HD ${offset 9}$color${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}${offset 30}${color FFA300}RAM ${offset 9}$color$mem / $memmax${offset 30}${color FFA300}CPU ${offset 9}$color${cpu cpu0}%

I think it meets all your requirements.
The only problem is the GE Inspira font.
I hope you have it in your system.

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Sector11

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

Nice find!!!!

You're another conky packrat 

packrat ~ noun
1. a collector of miscellaneous useless objects

I disagree with the usless part 

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marens

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

@Sector11

Stop the insults.
We were not and will never be (thankfully) friends.

Just skip my posts.
I don't think I'm asking too much of you.

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Sector11

Mod Squid Tpyo Knig

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

@marens

My comment was not an insult in the slightest way.
In fact it was a compliment.
I think there is a difference in language here,

However

We were not and will never be (thankfully) friends.

Just skip my posts.
I don't think I'm asking too much of you.

Because of the "and will never be (thankfully)", you can consider your request "done".

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Colonel Panic

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Re: Distro-hoppers anonymous

@Colonel Panic

I found an original TeeJee Gotham conky from that time in my archives.

https://i.postimg.cc/SnHmhry1/Gotham.png

It looks like this:

use_xft yes
xftfont 123:size=8
xftalpha 0.1
update_interval 1
total_run_times 0

own_window yes
own_window_type normal
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_colour 000000
own_window_argb_visual no
own_window_argb_value 0

double_buffer yes
#minimum_size 250 5
#maximum_width 500
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
draw_graph_borders no
default_color white
default_shade_color red
default_outline_color green
alignment top_middle
gap_x 0
gap_y 20
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 1
override_utf8_locale yes
use_spacer yes


minimum_size 0 0
TEXT
${voffset 10}${color EAEAEA}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=120}${time %I:%M}${font}${voffset -84}${offset 10}${color FFA300}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=42}${time %d} ${voffset -15}${color EAEAEA}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=22}${time  %B} ${time %Y}${font}${voffset 24}${font GE Inspira:pixelsize=58}${offset -148}${time %A}${font}
${voffset 1}${offset 12}${font Ubuntu:pixelsize=12}${color FFA300}HD ${offset 9}$color${fs_free /} / ${fs_size /}${offset 30}${color FFA300}RAM ${offset 9}$color$mem / $memmax${offset 30}${color FFA300}CPU ${offset 9}$color${cpu cpu0}%

I think it meets all your requirements.
The only problem is the GE Inspira font.
I hope you have it in your system.

Thanks, I'll give it a go.

Edit: only about the top half of it displayed, so not a success on my system. Thanks anyway. I've posted my latest Conky configuration in the appropriate thread.

Last edited by Colonel Panic (2023-08-23 20:59:56)