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For those that can understand changelogs (I disqualify myself),
the following details are hereby provided concerning lxpanel 0.5.8-3 (debian-knoppix):

Klaus took the complete November 1, 2011 Mandriva lxpanel 0.5.8-4-mdv RPM source package,
with all patches mentioned in its changelog, added his own battery-applet-patch and wrapped
this combination into a Debian package, lxpanel 0.5.8-3-debian-knoppix

The Changelog for the Mandriva fork, which has (at least) a treatment to solve the
lxpanel-freeze-on-LO-file-close problem, may be found at:
http://pkgs.org/mandriva-2011/mandri...html#changelog

Klaus's battery-capacity-patch is described at:
http://osdir.com/ml/general/2011-08/msg10192.html

Somewhere in Klaus's combination, the missing-menu-for-lxpanel-at-screen-top problem is also cured.