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Manjaro has been relatively so simple and easy to set up there are not really a lot of notes at this times.
The CUPS error log is at /var/log/cups/error_log
I have been using XFCE as my preferred server remote VNC gui now for more than 6 years. It seems to follow the UNIX model and focuses on doing this well. With my desktop Manjaro setup it was a nature choice. It also seems to be the preferred option on Manjaro.
Some options XFCE environment apps worth considering:
Some other applications that I use:
There is a standard software install for Conky in Manjaro. I adjusted my server configuration file to suit, sudo vim ~/.config/conky/conky.conf
conky.conf
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# .conkyrc - derived from various examples across the 'net
# Designed to support a 16 core processer running Manjaro
#
# You can restart conky by running
# killall -SIGUSR1 conky
#
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# -------------------- Conky's Run Time Parameters --------------------
update_interval 2.0 # Conky update interval in seconds
total_run_times 0 # Number of updates before quitting. Set to zero to run forever.
no_buffers yes # Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
cpu_avg_samples 2 # Number of cpu samples to average. Set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2 # Number of net samples to average. Set to 1 to disable averaging
# -------------------- Conky's General Look & Feel --------------------
# --- defualt values --- #
default_color grey # Default color and border color
default_bar_size 0 6 # Specify a default width and height for bars.
default_gauge_size 25 25 # Specify a default width and height for gauges.
default_graph_size 0 25 # Specify a default width and height for graphs.
default_outline_color green # Default border and text outline color
default_shade_color yellow # Default border and text shading color
# --- predefined colors - http://www.kgym.jp/freesoft/xrgb.html ---
color0 FFFFFF # white
color1 FFA500 # orange
color2 B22222 # firebrick
color3 696969 # dim gray
color4 D3D3D3 # light gray
color5 2F4F4F # dark slate gray
color6 FFEC8B # light golden rod
color7 54FF9F # sea green
color8 FF8C69 # salmon
color9 FFE7BA # wheat
# --- window layout & options ---
own_window yes # Conky creates its own window instead of using desktop
own_window_type normal # If own_window is yes, use type normal, desktop, or override
own_window_transparent yes # Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_argb_visual no
own_window_argb_value 40
own_window_class Conkey
own_window_colour blue # If own_window_transparent is no, set the background colour
double_buffer yes # Use double buffering (reduces flicker)
use_spacer right # Adds spaces to stop object from moving
maximum_width 500 # Maximum width of window in pixels
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# --- window placment --- #
alignment top_right # window placement can be top_right, top_left, bottom_left, bottom_right
# --- borders, margins, and outlines --- #
draw_graph_borders yes # Do you want to draw borders around graphs
border_inner_margin 9 # Window's inner border margin (in pixels)
border_outer_margin 5 # Window's outer border margin (in pixels)
gap_x 10 # Gap between borders of screen and text (on x-axis)
gap_y 40 # Gap between borders of screen and text (on y-axis)
border_width 10 # Window's border width (in pixels)
# --- Text --- #
draw_outline no # Do you want ot draw outlines
draw_shades no # Do you want to draw shades
draw_borders no # Do you want to draw borders around text
uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
use_xft yes # use the X FreeType interface library (anti-aliased font)
xftfont Monospace:size=11:weight=bold # Xft font to be used
# -------------------- Conky's Displayed System Monitoring Parameters -------------------- #
TEXT
# General system information
${color1}SYSTEM INFORMATION ${hr 2}$color
${color0}System: $color$nodename ${alignr}${color0}Uptime: $color$uptime
${color0}Kernel: $color$kernel${alignr}${color0}Arch: $color$machine
${color0}Distribution: $color${execi 99999 lsb_release --description | awk '{ print $2" "$3 }'}
${color0}CPU Type: $color${execi 99999 grep 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo | awk '{ print $6 }' | sed '2,$d'} / ${execi 99999 grep 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo | wc -l} Cores
${color0}CPU Speed: $color${freq 0} MHz Current / ${execi 99999 grep 'model name' /proc/cpuinfo | awk '{ print $9 }' | sed '2,$d'} Max
${color0}Processor Temperature: $color${acpitemp}°C
${color0}MAC Address (eno2): $color${execi 99999 cat /sys/class/net/eno2/address }
${color0}MAC Address (wlo1): $color${execi 99999 cat /sys/class/net/wlo1/address }
# CPU information
${color1}CPU ${hr 2}$color
${color0}CPU Usage:$color ${cpu cpu0}% ${color7}${cpubar cpu0}
${cpugraph cpu0 0000ff 00ff00}$color
${color0}Core 1:$color ${freq 1} MHz ${cpu cpu1}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu1}$color
${color0}Core 2:$color ${freq 2} MHz ${cpu cpu2}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu2}$color
${color0}Core 3:$color ${freq 3} MHz ${cpu cpu3}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu3}$color
${color0}Core 4:$color ${freq 4} MHz ${cpu cpu4}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu4}$color
${color0}Core 5:$color ${freq 5} MHz ${cpu cpu5}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu5}$color
${color0}Core 6:$color ${freq 6} MHz ${cpu cpu6}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu6}$color
${color0}Core 7:$color ${freq 7} MHz ${cpu cpu7}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu7}$color
${color0}Core 8:$color ${freq 8} MHz ${cpu cpu8}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu8}$color
${color0}Core 9:$color ${freq 9} MHz ${cpu cpu9}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu9}$color
${color0}Core 10:$color ${freq 10} MHz ${cpu cpu10}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu10}$color
${color0}Core 11:$color ${freq 11} MHz ${cpu cpu11}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu11}$color
${color0}Core 12:$color ${freq 12} MHz ${cpu cpu12}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu12}$color
${color0}Core 13:$color ${freq 13} MHz ${cpu cpu13}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu13}$color
${color0}Core 14:$color ${freq 14} MHz ${cpu cpu14}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu14}$color
${color0}Core 15:$color ${freq 15} MHz ${cpu cpu15}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu15}$color
${color0}Core 16:$color ${freq 16} MHz ${cpu cpu16}% ${color5}${cpubar cpu16}$color
# Top running processes
${color1}TOP 5 PROCESSES ${hr 2}$color
${color0}Processes:$color $processes ${color0}Running:$color $running_processes
${color0}Threads:$color $threads ${color0}Running:$color $running_threads
${stippled_hr 2}
${color0}CPU Usage$color
${color3} NAME PID CPU % MEM$color
${color2} ${top name 1} ${top pid 1} ${top cpu 1} ${top mem 1}$color
${top name 2} ${top pid 2} ${top cpu 2} ${top mem 2}
${top name 3} ${top pid 3} ${top cpu 3} ${top mem 3}
${top name 4} ${top pid 4} ${top cpu 4} ${top mem 4}
${top name 5} ${top pid 5} ${top cpu 5} ${top mem 5}
${stippled_hr 2}
${color0}Mem Usage$color
${color3} NAME PID CPU % MEM$color
${color2} ${top_mem name 1} ${top_mem pid 1} ${top_mem cpu 1} ${top_mem mem 1}$color
${top_mem name 2} ${top_mem pid 2} ${top_mem cpu 2} ${top_mem mem 2}
${top_mem name 3} ${top_mem pid 3} ${top_mem cpu 3} ${top_mem mem 3}
${top_mem name 4} ${top_mem pid 4} ${top_mem cpu 4} ${top_mem mem 4}
${top_mem name 5} ${top_mem pid 5} ${top_mem cpu 5} ${top_mem mem 5}
# Memory and swap space untilization
${color1}MEMORY & SWAP ${hr 2}$color
${color0}RAM Usage: ${color}$mem / $memmax
$memperc% ${color6}${membar}$color
${color0}Swap Usage: ${color}$swap / $swapmax
$swapperc% ${color6}${swapbar}$color
# File System utilization
${color1}FILE SYSTEM ${hr 2}$color
${color0}root:$color ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /}
${fs_used_perc /}% ${color8}${fs_bar /}$color
#${color0}boot:$color ${fs_used /boot} / ${fs_size /boot}
#${fs_used_perc /boot}% ${color8}${fs_bar /boot}$color
#${color0}home:$color ${fs_used /home} / ${fs_size /home}
#${fs_used_perc /home}% ${color8}${fs_bar /home}$color
#${color0}disk1:$color ${fs_used /media/disk1} / ${fs_size /media/disk1}
#${fs_used_perc /media/disk1}% ${color8}${fs_bar /media/disk1}$color
#${color0}disk2:$color ${fs_used /media/disk2} / ${fs_size /media/disk2}
#${fs_used_perc /media/disk2}% ${color8}${fs_bar /media/disk2}$color
#${color0}disk3:$color ${fs_used /media/disk3} / ${fs_size /media/disk3}
#${fs_used_perc /media/disk3}% ${color8}${fs_bar /media/disk3}$color
# Hard Drive Utilization
#${color1}HARD DRIVE I/O ${hr 2}$color
#${color0}Device:$color /dev/nvme0n1p5
#${color0}Reads: $color${diskio_read /dev/sdd}/s${alignr}${color0}Writes: $color${diskio_write /dev/nvme0n1p5}/s
#${color8}${diskiograph_read /dev/sdd 25,150 33FF00 FF3333 scale -t}$color${alignr}${color8}${diskiograph_write /dev/sdd 25,150 33FF00 FF3333 scale -t}$color
${color0}Device:$color /dev/nvme0n1p5
${color0}Reads: $color${diskio_read /dev/nvme0n1p5}/s${alignr}${color0}Writes: $color${diskio_write /dev/nvme0n1p5}/s
${color8}${diskiograph_read /dev/nvme0n1p5 25,150 33FF00 FF3333 scale -t}$color${alignr}${color8}${diskiograph_write /dev/nvme0n1p5 25,150 33FF00 FF3333 scale -t}$color
# Ethernet utilization
${color1}NETWORKING ${hr 2}$color
${color0}Wired (${addr eno2})
${color0}Down:$color ${downspeed eno2}/s ${alignr}${color0}Up:$color ${upspeed eno2}/s
${color0}Total:$color ${totaldown eno2} ${alignr}${color0}Total: $color${totalup eno2}
${color0}${downspeedgraph eno2 30,150 000000 00ff00} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph eno2 30,150 000000 ff0000}$color
${stippled_hr 2}
${color0}Wireless (${addr wlo1}) ${alignr}SSID: ${wireless_essid wlo1}
${color0}Down:$color ${downspeed wlo1}/s ${alignr}${color0}Up:$color ${upspeed wlo1}/s
${color0}Total:$color ${totaldown wlo1} ${alignr}${color0}Total: $color${totalup wlo1}
${color0}${downspeedgraph wlo1 30,150 000000 00ff00} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlo1 30,150 000000 ff0000}$color
${color0}Wireless Link Quality: $color ${wireless_link_qual wlo1}%
#Manjaro does not use Syslog.... Journalctl
${color1}Journalctl${hr 2}$color
#${color0}Journalctl Messages$color
#${color4}${font Arial:size=7}${execi 30 tail -n8 /var/log/syslog | fold -w100}$color$font
${color4}${font Arial:size=11}${execi 30 journalctl -n 6 | fold -w70}$color$font
Notes:
To get to Xfce keyboard Short cuts: Xfce Menu > Settings > Keyboard > Application Shortcuts
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