Do you use a conky - Y or N and Why?

[LU344928]

Nah. I like my DE simple and free from clutter.

[rokytnji.1]

Chromebook screen real estate demands I use mine

[8bit]

System Monitor, (conky, panel widgets, etc)

So Far:

On the Yes side, we have:
Polybar - 1
Panel widgets - 2
gkrellm - 4
Sometimes - 2
Yes - 22 Total 31 (hurray for [insert fav system monitor here])

For the N side 13 (can't be bothered - gameboy nonsense)

and one (1) don't care.

Thanks all.

8bit

[Michael-IDA]

There is no right or wrong answer, whatever floats your boat. Please include the why. :)

Late to the party, but...

No, don't use it and took me forever to even figure out what it was called just to turn it off.

Why?
1) Waste of resources.
2) Wouldn't be able to see it anyway with window coverage.
3) I've had this alias for years, so didn't really need it anyway. [1]
4) When I do minimize everything, I'd rather see my background pic.
5) [Not sure if this is true] Burns out SSDs faster from constant disk reads.

Should it be dropped/removed?

Nope, it’s a pretty cool thing that I’m sure tons of people would like when they first install MX.

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8bit, would you considering updating the first post with the stats? (Instead of buried at the end)

Best,
Michael

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alias h='health'
alias health='time (sar -u && echo "" && date && free -m && uptime && dfhh && sar -u | awk '\''{if($9>0) {print $9}}'\'' | awk '\''{if(min=="") {min=$1}; if($1<min) {min=$1}} END {print "Min %idle:  " min}'\'')'

# >>> rewrite alias as functions for use in other functions
dfhhf() { df -hl | head -1  && df -hl | grep "rootfs" && df -hl | grep "/media/michael/" ; }
healthf() { time (sar -u && echo "" && date && free -m && uptime && dfhhf && sar -u | awk '{if($9>0) {print $9}}' | awk '{if(min=="") {min=$1}; if($1<min) {min=$1}} END {print "Min %idle:  " min}') ; }
# <<< rewrite alias as functions for use in other functions

[AA BB]

For me 'Conky Toggle' icon is better to have on my desktop vs. the actual conky display which takes up too much screen space. I don't need continuous conky info, so when I need it, I just click the 'Toggle' icon which takes up much less screen space

[imschmeg]

I have converted back to using conky regularly. I determined that, for my usage, it makes more sense for it to be a regular window that can be moved easily, raised or lowered, shaded, etc. instead of being painted on the desktop root. I also found that choosing which sensors to monitor makes a very big difference on my hardware. Selected properly, I can keep conky's CPU usage below 0.2% even on my 8yo laptop. Obviously opting for info here over appearance: