Thread: [Announce] Conky Layout Switcher
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2011-04-27 , 22:26
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Hi x-lette,
Originally Posted by x-lette View Post
I tried conky switcher some days ago and already deinstalled it again as it's way too hungry for letting it run in background all the time (I had a cpu workload of 30% minimum!).
Yes, it is very resource hungry. This is the main problem I have at the moment. But 30% is to much... perhaps you had a fast update interval in the settings?

I have 8% CPU with 4,5sec update interval and about 18% CPU usage with 1sec update interval. But still to lot to keep it running in the background all the time. (in my opinion 5% would also be to much in the long term - so I close mine if I don't need it)

But you're always able to turn it off and use the default layout and switch it on if you wan't to see more details.

Originally Posted by x-lette View Post
Nevertheless, I like your config file (the 'normal' cpu one) and consider using it with standard conky. Could you tell me wether the config files itself have some ressource hungry parts or is it just the switching and updating process thats consumes so much power?
The switching takes a lot of ram, but not that much cpu as far as I'm able to check. But drawing the graphs take A LOT of CPU time, especially the Disk specific. And I have to draw all graphs at each layout, even if they are not visible. I'm still searching for a workaround. If you have a Idea I would love to hear it. I still haven't gave up.
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