Conky: How to automatically show Distro, KDE, user info

[novice24]

Hi!
Here go two lines from my conky.

${goto 80}${color green}${execi 86400 lsb_release -irs} | KDE 6.1.5${color}
${goto 80}User:${alignr} user@eos

The code automatically returns the distro name as follows:

EndeavourOS rolling

But I have to MANUALLY insert KDE version and user name.
HOW TO automatically show KDE (any desktop) name and version, and user info in conky?
I did not find any info in the Internet.
Maybe somebody will help me?

[xircon]

plasmashell --version

???
At work so not in front of my computer

[novice24]

@xircon

plasmashell --version

THANKS!
This command returns:
plasmashell 6.1.5
Too long a text. I’d like to get KDE 6.1.5
Is it possible to print “KDE” instead of “plasmashell”?

[swh]

@novice24

I’d like to get KDE 6.1.5

Just update your system.
See here

KDE Plasma 6.1.5, Bugfix Release for September

KDE has released a bugfix update to KDE Plasma 6, versioned 6.1.5. The announcement is here: and the full changelog is here. Expect it to hit the Arch repos in the next few days.

[novice24]

I’ve already updated, I need to automate my conky, to show KDE version automatically. The word plasmashell is too long. Is it possible to get the word KDE 6.1.5?

[swh]

Sorry, i have missunderstood you. In that case i am not able to help, sorry again

[novice24]

So, after some experiments, I used the following code:
${goto 80}User:${alignr}${exec echo $USER@$HOSTNAME}
It returns username@hostname
myname@eos
QUESTIONS:

1. Do more elegant ways to display the same exist?
2. Is it possible to show any EOS “Pretty Name” lilke Cassini, Endeavour, etc.
   For example “EndeavourOS Cassini”?
3. Is it possible to print KDE instead of plasmashell as ‘plasmashell --version’ output?

[thefrog]

This is what I use to show the OS
${execi 6000 lsb_release -d | grep ‘Descr’|awk {‘print $2 " " $3" " $4" " $5’}}

it looks like this

The only information available in the lsb-release is as follows

DISTRIB_ID="EndeavourOS"
DISTRIB_RELEASE="rolling"
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="EndeavourOS Linux"
DISTRIB_CODENAME="rolling"

@novice24

Is it possible to print KDE instead of plasmashell as ‘plasmashell --version’ output?

haven’t tried it but maybe and if statement
if version = plasmashell then plasmashell =“kde”
no idea if the above will work as I dont’ use KDE

[novice24]

if version = plasmashell then plasmashell =“kde”
Maybe it’s good, but I have no idea how to insert it in
{execi 86400 plasmashell -v }

[thefrog]

maybe start here and figure out which if statement would be best for you
https://conky.sourceforge.net/variables.html

again I never have tried it so good luck

[ajgringo619]

OK, here’s how I do this on my Arch-based KDE systems:

KDE: ${execpi 3600 pacman -Q plasma-workspace | cut -d' ' -f2}
KDE 6.1.5-1

Hostname: ${nodename}
Hostname: arch-kde-lst

System: ${execpi 3600 lsb_release -ds | tr -d \"}
System: EndeavourOS Linux

I switched away from using plasmashell --version as sometimes it prints extraneous information that I’d rather not have to account for.

[novice24]

THANK YOU so much!
I corrected my conky.