From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 29E6C59CB2 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:38:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D1E4521C067; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:38:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from plane.gmane.org (plane.gmane.org [80.91.229.3]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 91EF821C030 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 14:38:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by plane.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ar4sl-00028H-5Q for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:38:03 +0200 Received: from 108-248-189-27.lightspeed.clmasc.sbcglobal.net ([108.248.189.27]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:38:03 +0200 Received: from boxcars by 108-248-189-27.lightspeed.clmasc.sbcglobal.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:38:03 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org From: =?UTF-8?B?wrtRwqs=?= Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: KDE and the new plasma 5 thing Date: Fri, 15 Apr 2016 09:37:43 -0500 Organization: none Message-ID: <20160415093743.244e5b71@sepulchrave.remarqs> References: <570C89C0.3060807@gmail.com> <2201664.SMmjebreo1@andromeda> <20160412141847.7ce685fd@sepulchrave.remarqs> <2000068.GxdljFxvPL@andromeda> <20160412210116.3f26f3ed@digimed.co.uk> <570D582A.5000209@gmail.com> <20160412204637.GB16313@tp.fritz.box> <570D5FA6.8090900@gmail.com> <20160414133815.61801e0d@a6> <5710A952.7080509@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 108-248-189-27.lightspeed.clmasc.sbcglobal.net X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 3.13.2 (GTK+ 2.24.29; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) X-Archives-Salt: cdb79a7b-bd5c-4315-99f5-24f6aeab047a X-Archives-Hash: 50621b8c7424ff93fce37e0c6805cf21 On Fri, 15 Apr 2016 10:41:54 +0200 Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 14/04/2016 22:38, walt wrote: > > Along the left edge of the screen you have a bunch of widgets for > > CPU, disk, and network activity. What kde/plasma stuff are you > > using to do that, and does it all depend on ~arch packages? Will > > it still work tomorrow? :p > > that's not plasma it's gkrell. > > Been around for years and works just about everywhere > I find the equivalent plasmoids are huge clunky and nowhere near as > useful Conky also continues to work fine after the move to Plasma 5 -- I did have to change own_window to 'yes' in conkyrc to get it to show up. I completely agree with you about the plasmoid widgets.