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Status bar == waybar, eww, polybar, etc.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I use waybar, with:

  • date and time
  • weather
  • workspaces
  • tray
  • media player
  • local IP address
  • download bandwidth
  • RAM and CPU usage
  • bluetooth status
  • volume
  • microphone usage
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I have a sway workspace indicator on the left, the right side has:

  • Monitor brightness
  • Volume
  • Local IP address
  • CPU temperature
  • Keyboard layout
  • Local date and time
  • UTC time
  • Tray
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

The default swaybar (the thing that, with the default config, is just a black rectangle at the top indicating workspaces and showing the time).

For me it's at the bottom and using a script invoking conky as a source to display stuff. And that stuff is:

  • Time left till some important timestamp (usually that cute boys bd :3)
  • Audio status (muted/disabled or volume) (Because that bastard loves to randomly unmute without me knowing and blasting random shit in class)
  • Playerctl status (which is disabled currently, as it took 5 seconds to run when using spotifyd)
  • Bluetooth status (either blocked (by rfkill), not connected or the devices connected)
  • Wifi status (either blocked (by rfkill), not connected or the IPv6 and then wifi strength, mame and the IPv4)
  • Ethernet status (either down or the IPv4)
  • Battery status (charging etc., percentage and time left)
  • How much space in the FS is free
  • loadavg and temperature of CPU
  • Formerly i8k data, including fans status, but that's not a thing anymore on my new Laptop
  • memory used and memory easy free
  • the current time (%a %F %T)

Nearly everything is colored based on status (interfaces down -> red, up -> green, battery full -> green, load memory usage over 90% -> red etc.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I use waybar, on left side:

  • clock
  • cpu
  • pulseaudio (volume and microphone)
  • bandwidth usage

center:

  • workspace

right:

  • RAM
  • cpu temperature
  • backlight
  • keyboard layout
  • bluetooth
  • battery
  • tray