I like Caffeine For Linux a lot [1]. I also have Skype and Steam in my
tray, though I suppose the joy taken from those depend much more on
the person than most tray apps. =)
~d
[1] https://launchpad.net/caffeine
Quoting John Mastro
I started using XMonad a few weeks ago and really enjoy it. I hadn't tried a tiling WM before - I'm amazed at how much more spacious my screens feel.
After trying both xmobar and dzen2 I've found that I prefer xmobar. I've also tried it running it with Trayer (I started by following John Goerzen's tutorial) but I have the sense I'm not getting as much out of it as I could be.
If there are any Trayer (or similar) users on the list, what applets do you have there? For the moment I've only found Gajim useful. I'm using XMonad on a desktop, so nm-applet for instance isn't as helpful as it would be elsewhere. Is there a Gtk (or GNOME) mixer applet? That's something I'd like to add but the candidates I've found (like gnome-alsamixer) don't seem to use an applet.
Thanks,
- John