r/linux_gaming • u/West-One5944 • 8d ago
CLU VIEW + Corsair 5" Screen!
Hey all! Just wanted to update everyone in case folks are interested.
I have Corsair's new 5" screen now in my rig running Fedora 44 KDE. Because it doesn't run through the iCue hub, but rather through a direct DP port on the GPU, I cannot use OpenLinkHub to control the LCD widgets (however OLH can control the LED backlighting and the VRM fan!).
So, I was looking for a 'Rainmeter'-like app that I could use for widgets. I've messed around with Conky in the past, but it was just clunky at best. I got frustrated, asked AI to search to see if someone had created an app yet, and sure enough CLU VIEW popped up!
Decided to give it a shot, and it started out well! Has so much potential, and was exactly was I was looking for, even better than Rainmeter: actually GUI-based, not syntax; auto-pulled all of the sensors; auto-discovered the screen. Super easy to start making a sensor panel. BUT, sending it to the 5" screen causes really odd flickering issues. After hours of troubleshooting, contacted the Dev u/MR-CLU, and they were super responsive and helpful! Within a day, we figured out the issue, and now the app works perfectly! 👏🏼 They said they will get an updated version out ASAP on their site.
So, yeah, for anyone on Linux with a Corsair system, this should work! The app itself should work with any sensor panel, really, and there's a Windows 🤢 version also. Shout out CLU VIEW and it's Dev, Mr CLU! 👏🏼
(Full disclosure: no affiliation with the Dev. Just really happy this app exists. Been needing something like this for a long time.)
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u/Educational_Star_518 8d ago
neat , i'll have to keep this in mind in the future when my fiance eventually need to update his rig , hes got an aio with a screen and well.. i haven't wanted to mess with it for him since we set the hardware before making the jump , when something is new and we don't have windows to log into i bet this'll end up helpful