first commit, added xmobar as an example

.config/xmobar/cpu

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+CPU_USAGE=$(top -b -n2 -p 1 | fgrep "Cpu(s)" | tail -1 | awk -F'id,' -v prefix="$prefix" '{ split($1, vs, ","); v=vs[length(vs)]; sub("%", "", v); printf "%s%.1f%%\n", prefix, 100 - v }')
+echo "$CPU_USAGE" 

.config/xmobar/gamemode

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+#! /bin/bash
+
+status=$(gamemoded -s)
+if [ "$status" == "gamemode is inactive" ]; then
+    color="#b8bb26"
+else
+    color="#fb4934"
+fi
+
+echo "<fc=$color>  </fc>"

.config/xmobar/volume

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+#! /bin/bash
+
+volume=$(pactl list sinks | grep -A 7 'Name: alsa_output.usb-AudioQuest_inc._AudioQuest_DragonFly-00.analog-stereo' | tail -n 1 -c5 | sed 's/ //g')
+mute=$(pactl list sinks | grep -A 6 'Name: alsa_output.usb-AudioQuest_inc._AudioQuest_DragonFly-00.analog-stereo' | tail -n 1 -c4 | sed 's/ //g')
+if [ "$mute" == "yes" ]; then
+    color="#fb4934"
+else
+    color="#b8bb26"
+fi
+
+mpcvolume=$(mpc volume)
+
+echo "<fc=$color>${mpcvolume:7:10}</fc> <fc=#ebdbb2>-</fc> <fc=$color>$volume</fc>"

.config/xmobar/xmobarrc

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+Config { font = "xft:Mononoki Nerd Font:pixelsize=12:antialias=true:hinting=true"
+       , bgColor = "#282828"
+       , fgColor = "#ebdbb2"
+       , position = Static {xpos = 0, ypos = 0, width = 2560, height = 20} 
+       , iconRoot = "X"
+       , commands = [ Run Cpu ["-t", " <fc=#fb4934><total></fc>%","-H", "2"] 10
+                    , Run Memory ["-t", "<fc=#fb4934><usedratio></fc>%"] 10
+                    , Run Network "enp4s0" [ "-t", "<fc=#fb4934><tx></fc>kb/<fc=#fb4934><rx></fc>kb" ] 10
+                    , Run Com "/home/tstarr/.config/xmobar/volume" [] "volume" 10
+                    , Run Com "/home/tstarr/.config/xmobar/gamemode" [] "gamemode" 10
+                    , Run Date "  %a %d/%m/%y  %H:%M:%S" "date" 10
+                    , Run MPD ["-M","15","-t", "<artist> (<fc=#fb4934><lapsed></fc>/<length>)"] 10
+                    , Run StdinReader
+                    ]
+       , sepChar = "%"
+       , alignSep = "}{"
+       , template = " <fc=#fb4934>%StdinReader%</fc>}%date%{%enp4s0% | %mpd% | %volume% | 閭%cpu% |  %memory% |%gamemode% "
+       }

.gitignore

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+# Ignore all files
+/*
+!/.config
+/.config/*
+!/.config/xmobar
+
+# But not these files...
+!.gitignore
+
+