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by ErroneousBosh 110 days ago
Well, I've probably seen it, but it's not really been something I've paid attention to. Except of course maybe the clock, which is present in plain ordinary Gnome whether it has a "system tray" or not.

I don't get why it would be useful.

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It's mainly to let you know that theres a program that's running in the background but not open so you can get to it easier. For example, I know a lot of chat clients will live in the system tray so they can show a little dot with your missed messages. Also, VPNs specifically use them to provide easy dropdown menus to change things like server location