diff --git a/desktop/i3status/README b/desktop/i3status/README
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+i3status - status line generator (for dzen2 and xmobar)
+
+i3status is a small program (less than 1000 SLOC) for generating a 
+status bar for dzen2, xmobar, or similar programs.  It is designed 
+to be very efficient by issuing a very small number of system calls, 
+as one generally wants to update such a status line every second. 
+This ensures that even under high load, your status bar is updated 
+correctly.  Also, it saves a bit of energy by not hogging your CPU 
+as much as spawning the corresponding amount of shell commands would. 
+
+This requires confuse and dzen2.
diff --git a/desktop/i3status/doinst.sh b/desktop/i3status/doinst.sh
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+config() {
+  NEW="$1"
+  OLD="$(dirname $NEW)/$(basename $NEW .new)"
+  # If there's no config file by that name, mv it over:
+  if [ ! -r $OLD ]; then
+    mv $NEW $OLD
+  elif [ "$(cat $OLD | md5sum)" = "$(cat $NEW | md5sum)" ]; then
+    # toss the redundant copy
+    rm $NEW
+  fi
+  # Otherwise, we leave the .new copy for the admin to consider...
+}
+
+config etc/i3status.conf.new
+
diff --git a/desktop/i3status/i3status.SlackBuild b/desktop/i3status/i3status.SlackBuild
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# Slackware build script for i3status
+
+# Written by Eugene Suter (easuter@gmail.com)
+
+PRGNAM=i3status
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.1}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
+TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$( uname -m )" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
+       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
+set -e # Exit on most errors
+
+rm -rf $PKG
+mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
+cd $TMP
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+chown -R root:root .
+find . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
+ -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+
+CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+LDFLAGS="-lm" \
+make
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+
+find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+
+# Don't clobber the config file
+mv $PKG/etc/i3status.conf $PKG/etc/i3status.conf.new
+
+mv $PKG/usr/share/man $PKG/usr/
+rmdir $PKG/usr/share
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a LICENSE $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/install
+cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
+cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+
+cd $PKG
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/desktop/i3status/i3status.info b/desktop/i3status/i3status.info
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+PRGNAM="i3status"
+VERSION="2.1"
+HOMEPAGE="http://i3.zekjur.net/i3status/"
+DOWNLOAD="http://i3.zekjur.net/i3status/i3status-2.1.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="712aba3f5e9f235b65bff51129d8eb04"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
+MAINTAINER="Eugene Suter"
+EMAIL="easuter@gmail.com"
+APPROVED="rworkman"
diff --git a/desktop/i3status/slack-desc b/desktop/i3status/slack-desc
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+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+        |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+i3status: i3status (status line generator for dzen2 and xmobar)
+i3status: 
+i3status: i3status is a small program (less than 1000 SLOC) for generating a 
+i3status: status bar for dzen2, xmobar, or similar programs.  It is designed 
+i3status: to be very efficient by issuing a very small number of system calls, 
+i3status: as one generally wants to update such a status line every second. 
+i3status: This ensures that even under high load, your status bar is updated 
+i3status: correctly.  Also, it saves a bit of energy by not hogging your CPU 
+i3status: as much as spawning the corresponding amount of shell commands would. 
+i3status: 
+i3status: Website: http://i3.zekjur.net/i3status/