notification daemons

[ruebenramirez]

Notify OSD

• ubuntu comes with Notify OSD
• project homepage: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/NotifyOSD
• by default, notifications are set to a fixed location and stay active for 10 seconds
• a patched version of Notify OSD is available here: http://tipsonubuntu.com/2016/10/31/configure-screen-notification-bubbles-ubuntu-16-10/
• notify osd looks pretty, but it's not functional enough in my i3 workflow
• I'm unable to easily change notify osd to timeout more quickly or show multiple notifications simultaneously though, so it's gone...

Uninstall Notify OSD

• uninstall notify osd with:

  sudo apt purge notify-osd

Dunst

• dunst is a super simple notification system
• project homepage: https://dunst-project.org/
• github repo: https://github.com/dunst-project/dunst
• example dunst config: https://linuxious.com/files/dunst/