Finding quality system trays for Linux can be challenging due to limited documentation and scattered resources. However, there are several great system tray options available for Linux users. This blog post highlights some of the best and most useful system trays.

I use Ansible to manage my entire OS setup, with a playbook that installs all necessary software, sets up my dotfiles, and configures my system. This playbook can be run on a fresh installation of my OS and have my system set up exactly how I like it. Recently, I shifted from the Linux Arch AUR to go install for Go binaries, as it felt simpler and ensured up-to-date dependencies - without having to depend on the authors creating Arch AUR packaging for it. However, I still couldn’t find a way to pin packages to specific GitHub tags/releases. To solve this, I created a simple Ansible playbook to install Go binaries directly from GitHub releases, allowing me to pin and auto update the version of the Go binaries I want to install.