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List:       kde-core-devel
Subject:    Re: Feature suggestion: runtime check of running out of space
From:       "Christopher Blauvelt" <cblauvelt () gmail ! com>
Date:       2008-05-02 10:39:11
Message-ID: ffa898c90805020339l359e9bc3g7366642881df9f42 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:56 PM, alessandro diaferia <alediaferia@gmail.com>
wrote:

> I was thinking of kded too. And then making a plasmoid for it would be an
> extra.
>
> 2008/5/1 Bernhard <mustermaxi@gmail.com>:
>
>> hm.. personally I don't think that a plasmoid is the right way for this...
>> an average user isn't interested in the number of process ids left and
>> shouldn't have to add a plasmoid for checking for free space.
>> I'm not familiar with the internals of KDE but maybe kded is the
>> appropriate place for these checks.
>>
>> 2008/4/30 Allen Winter <winter@kde.org>:
>>
>>> On Wednesday 30 April 2008 14:26:07 alessandro diaferia wrote:
>>> > Hi mailinglist, some minutes ago a guy aka spiroo in #kde-devel
>>> suggested
>>> > to make a sort of realtime check of running out of space while kde is
>>> in
>>> > use. Maybe this check should inform users that space is running out.
>>> > This suggestion is discussed here
>>> > https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=199054
>>> >
>>>
>>> I offer up an idea I had a long time ago, but probably never talked
>>> about...
>>>
>>> A plasmoid that does some basis system monitoring like:
>>>  running out of diskspace
>>>  running out of processes
>>>  someone remotedly logged into the machine
>>>  etc.
>>>
>>> sorta like the "check oil", "low on fuel".. lights on your car dashboard.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
> There is already a system-monitor applet that can display the the available
free space and temperature of hard drives.  It's in playground.

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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 3:56 PM, alessandro diaferia \
&lt;<a href="mailto:alediaferia@gmail.com">alediaferia@gmail.com</a>&gt; \
wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, \
204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> I was thinking of kded too. And \
then making a plasmoid for it would be an extra.<br><br><div \
class="gmail_quote">2008/5/1 Bernhard &lt;<a href="mailto:mustermaxi@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">mustermaxi@gmail.com</a>&gt;:<br> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;"> hm.. personally I don&#39;t think that a plasmoid is the right \
way for this... an average user isn&#39;t interested in the number of process ids \
left and shouldn&#39;t have to add a plasmoid for checking for free space.<br>


I&#39;m not familiar with the internals of KDE but maybe kded is the appropriate \
place for these checks.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div>2008/4/30 Allen Winter \
&lt;<a href="mailto:winter@kde.org" target="_blank">winter@kde.org</a>&gt;:<br>


</div><div><div></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px \
solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: \
1ex;"><div><div></div><div>On Wednesday 30 April 2008 14:26:07 alessandro diaferia \
wrote:<br>



&gt; Hi mailinglist, some minutes ago a guy aka spiroo in #kde-devel suggested<br>
&gt; to make a sort of realtime check of running out of space while kde is in<br>
&gt; use. Maybe this check should inform users that space is running out.<br>
&gt; This suggestion is discussed here<br>
&gt; <a href="https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=199054" \
target="_blank">https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=199054</a><br> &gt;<br>
<br>
</div></div>I offer up an idea I had a long time ago, but probably never talked \
about...<br> <br>
A plasmoid that does some basis system monitoring like:<br>
&nbsp;running out of diskspace<br>
&nbsp;running out of processes<br>
&nbsp;someone remotedly logged into the machine<br>
&nbsp;etc.<br>
<br>
sorta like the &quot;check oil&quot;, &quot;low on fuel&quot;.. lights on your car \
dashboard.<br> <br>
<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div></div></div><br>
</blockquote></div><br>
</blockquote></div>There is already a system-monitor applet that can display the the \
available free space and temperature of hard drives.&nbsp; It&#39;s in \
playground.<br>



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