I’ve heard there are some desktop environments that use less resources like XFCE and LXQT, and I wanted to try them out, but I’m worried none of them will have something like the GNOME Shell Extensions, especially my favorite so far, Vitals, which I use to pin my computer temperature, memory usage, and free disk space onto the top bar to make sure I don’t get too close to the limit. Is there anything similar to this on XFCE, LXQT, or other lightweight desktop extensions?
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Welcome to the community @joeisnotmyname
You’ll be fine on either desktop. XFCE has xfce4-sensors-plugin and xfce4-systemload-plugin that you can add straight to the panel for temps, CPU, and memory.
LXQt has similar built-in panel widgets for system stats and sensors once you have lm-sensors installed.
Not as all-in-one like Vitals but they cover the same info.
If you want something that works on any desktop, Conky is worth a look too. It’s super customizable! Andthere are tons of premade configs out there.
What distro are you planning to try?
I’m planning to try OpenSUSE, now that I’ve practiced with Ubuntu for a couple months.