And I would really like a battery indicator.

There are some suggestions for using conky for the battery indicator in this thread:

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But I don't know if conky and idesk are compatible. Someone else may know though.

Conky and idesk will work fine together. I had a screen shot here somewhere with both working. I will try to find it.

Here it is:


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eriefisher wrote:Conky and idesk will work fine together. I had a screen shot here somewhere with both working. I will try to find it.

Here it is:

idesk-t573.html

Nice - since I am becoming quite fond of conky. But shoulden't it be possible to have a battery-indicator bar? I haven't been succesful figuring that out. Here is my current conky text:
I would like a bar for the battery as well, but nothing I try seems to work __{{emoticon}}__

Change to Nice little conky, good stuff.

eriefisher wrote:Change

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${color red}BATTERI: ${battery_percent BAT1}% 

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${color red}BATTERI: ${battery_bar BAT1} 

Nice little conky, good stuff.

Thanks - again. I'm still working on the best conky for me.....

danish,

You may prefer to use a bar to launch your apps rather than use desktop icons.
If you do a good one is wbar, used by a few here at antiX.


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In the second thread, get the .deb file not the tar. It installs much easier.

anticapitalista wrote:danish,

You may prefer to use a bar to launch your apps rather than use desktop icons.
If you do a good one is wbar, used by a few here at antiX.

using-wbar-and-other-toolbars-t1104.html?hilit=wbar#p7391
and
your-favorite-window-manager-and-a-quick-why-t1098.html

In the second thread, get the .deb file not the tar. It installs much easier.

That does look really nice - and not to ressource heavy. However, I think that would look best with Fluxbox (to avoid having both the wbar and the IceVM taskbar). Also, I think it would be odd to have a look that is to Mac-like, when one can have the laptop look a lot more personal. I think I will consider that option.....

I wonder if it would be possible too have conky at the bottom (one or two rows), and then a wbar right above that - that might look cool....... thinking...... __{{emoticon}}__ __{{emoticon}}__ __{{emoticon}}__ All those choices......


Come to think of it - could one integrate conky into a 3D-like w-bar? That would look stunningly beautiful, and be something completely personal.....

You can put conky, wbar and icewm/fluxbox toolbars wherever you wish.

My Gateway usually works with Linux distros, but it is the most challenging to get right. Earlier, I had to use VESA to get the video going, and also, this box has the Broadcom 4311 wireless interface, which is a fairly recent addition to the wireless support in the kernel. Therefore the Gateway will be my next installation target - I am running it there right now.

Good news is that the Broadcom network works in Live mode. It works once installed to the hard drive, too. That means that antiX M8.0 Test 2 passes the most difficult systems test that I can throw at it with my hardware.

Now to see what else I can find.

Good job!