Conky configuration settings

General system
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Hello. In my conky, the first three lines display this:

conky%20shot

$alignc ${color1}${execi 10000 awk -F= '/TION/ {print $2}' /etc/lsb-release |sed 's/"//g'}${color0}
$alignc ${color1}${execi 10000 awk -F= '/EASE=/ {printf $2" "} /NAME/ {print $2}' /etc/lsb-release}${color0}
$alignc ${color1}${kernel}${color0}

OK, so when I run inxi, it does show Distro: EndeavourOs

[keith@end ~]$ inxi -S
System:    Host: end Kernel: 5.2.6-arch1-1-ARCH x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: N/A Distro: EndeavourOS

So, does anyone know the conky entry to display “EndeavourOS”?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Keith

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AFAIK it takes it’s info from the kernel, and the kernel is pure arch. I think that means you would have to replace the variable with plain text that reads “EndeavourOS”.
It’s like when I back up my system with timeshift, the snapshots are labeled “Arch”, because that’s what Timeshift identifies it as.

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I should have thought of that. It’s just a label that will never change.

Thanks, Beardedgeek72.

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what does tell lsb_release -is ?

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[keith@end ~]$ lsb_release -is
Arch
[keith@end ~]$ lsb_release -dc
Description: Arch Linux
Codename: n/a
[keith@end ~]$

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Thanks! We added a /etc/lsb-release for the next version thanks for your input.

For now maybe you can use /etc/os-release to identify EndeavourOS.

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lsb_release is also like Neofetch to know which os you run… a seporate lsb_release package get easier to manupulate for updateing to a next month as example :slight_smile:

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I use this code on Conky

${font pftempestafivecondensed:size=10}${execi 86400 lsb_release -si} ${execi 86400 lsb_release -sr} ${execi 86400 lsb_release -sv}
${font pftempestafivecondensed:size=10}${kernel}
${font pftempestafivecondensed:size=10}${sysname} ${machine}

then it gives me this :
conky_distro_EOS_FLVAL

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