KDE HDAPS Monitor
My new IBM Z60m laptop has Hard Drive Active Protection System. Basically it has motion sensor :)
HDAPS is relatively new to the Linux world, but the ebuild is now in portage and will attempt to patch the kernel so it can also park the heads (kind of essential to HDAPS really) and support the Z60m.
After doing that I scoured the web for a KDE HDAPS monitor. I did find khdapsmon, but it's being phased out and re-written in python . Now I don't like python much and I also didn't like a few things about khdapsmon as it stands, such as lack of session support, silly window resizing, crappy icons and no tooltips.
So I decided now would be a good time to sit down and learn about developing in KDE and C++. After 1 days works, I have developed khdapsmonitor :D Not bad, just 1 day. I've learned a bit about KDevelop which is very nice, but not quite up there with MS Visual Studio 2003 (which is what I use in my day job). Saying that, I find the mindset of making a KDE application much better than in .NET. For example, a form is always a form whereas in KDE you make widgets and the topmost widget is the form, so you can create small widgets and each one could be a form by itself or part of one big form. Cool 8)
But anyway, here we go, here's KHDAPS Monitor for you to use :)
NOTE: The icon for this is basically the KDE hdd_unmount.png icon with play, pause and stop symbols added by me.
Project status
Because I mainly use NetBSD now and the Linux kernel patches needed still aren't mainstream, this project is essentially dead. If someone wants to take it up, then feel free to mail me.
