Software: Conky, Topgrade, Syncthing, NGINX, and More

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Aug 14, 2025

• ZDNet ☛ I customized my Linux desktop in minutes with this free app - here's how

  I love a cool Linux desktop configuration and have spent many an hour tweaking them. Over the years, I've found there's one way to make the most out of your desktop, and that's with an app called Conky.

  Conky is an overlay app that displays certain types of information. For example, Conky can display the time, date, day, system resources, and more. You can theme Conky and configure where it lives on your desktop. In fact, there's practically no limit to what you can do with Conky. It's super flexible. You can even configure multiple widgets in Conky for a totally personalized look.

  Before I continue, there are two ways to configure Conky: the hard way and the easy way. Since this is an introduction to Conky, I'm going to show you the easy way of installing Conky, adding themes, and configuring your widgets.

• Tom's Hardware ☛ I use one simple tool to update my GNU/Linux OS and all of its software in minutes — Topgrade auto-detects and updates all of of my system via one command

  Topgrade is one command that updates everything on your Linux, backdoored Windows and macOS machine.

• LWN ☛ Syncthing 2.0 released

  Version 2.0 of Syncthing, a continuous file synchronization utility, has been released. Notable changes in 2.0 include multiple connections for synchronizing metadata and file data, a new logging format, as well as a switch from LevelDB to SQLite for Syncthing's backend. This the first release in the 2.0 series, and the release notes advise users to "expect some rough edges and keep a sense of adventure".

• LWN ☛ NGINX adds native support for ACME protocol

  NGINX has announced the preview release of the nginx-acme module, which adds native support to NGINX for the Automatic Certificate Management Environment (ACME) protocol: [...]

• The New Stack ☛ Docker Desktop Now Includes Its Own Hey Hi (AI) Tool: Ask Gordon [Ed: Proprietary software now with more buzzwords and nonsense]

  It was only a matter of time before Hey Hi (AI) found its way into Docker

• New Version Of Envelope Sequencer Plugin

  Sinevibes has announced the release of Inertia v3, the third generation of its envelope sequencer plugin. They say that the new version is a completely new development inside and out, with much more flexible and precise DSP, plus a super-functional graphic interface that's more quick and fun to use than ever. Also new is that the plugin is finally multi-platform: Inertia v3 now works on for Mac, Windows and Linux.