I remembered saidar the other day, completely by chance and out of context for what I was doing at the time.
(Yes, I am all about the animated gif now. 😈 )
saidar comes with the libstatgrab library in some distros, but stands on its own as a package in others.
It’s a fairly straightforward tool, nicely arranged and with a useful set of information to display.
saidar is a little dated though, and there’s not much to customize.
So by comparison, something like inxi is far more intricate, and glances is far more comprehensive.
But for ease of use and a clever box to drop on your desktop … saidar gets a nod. 🙂
Inconsolation 
3 quick questions:
1. what is the program on the left? I keep seeing it but I’ve yet to see it mentioned
2. what program are you using for the animated gifs?
3. could you possibly do a programs section like the one you had on your old blog so these questions don’t need to be asked (or update the old list)?
Thanks again for all your linux help! 😀
It is vimwiki, he mentions it once in a while 🙂 And I agree on 3. Revival of the wiki or adding the section would be helpful.
Right, that’s plain old vimwiki. One of the very few reasons I keep vim installed. 😐
1. vim and vimwiki. 😉
2. That’s my own personal combination of fbgrab shunted through imagemagick.
3. I’ll see if I have time in the next few days to put together something. The old wiki is probably a better idea; I’ll skim through it again and see what I can salvage/refurbish.
Cheers!
Nice.. came to present same Q as the first replier in case 2; what’s your workflow to make animgifs? 🙂