Conky :tw-1f4a0:

Conky is a free, light-weight system monitoring tool designed for X Window System environments. It provides a highly customizable and visually appealing way to display various types of information directly on your desktop. Conky can show real-time data such as CPU usage, memory utilization, network activity, disk usage, system temperatures, and more, in the form of text and graphical elements.

CONKY-colors 🎨 is an easier way to configure Conky.

This conky script supports multilanguage 🌐: Bulgarian, English, German, Italian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, and Ukrainian.

How to install

Open a terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install aptitude python-statgrab python-keyring ttf-ubuntu-font-family hddtemp curl lm-sensors conky-all
sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/hddtemp
sudo sensors-detect #answering Yes (default) to all questions, even that last one that defaults to No

Now restart your session.

Download and extract the conky-colors.tar.gz and type in the terminal in the same directory that has been extracted:

make
sudo make install
conky-colors {options}

For example, if your CPU is quad-core and you want the noble color, with HD, network, and Pidgin monitor, all in Portuguese:

conky-colors --theme=noble --lang=en --cpu=4 --network --hd=default --pidgin

For a working weather script, you NEED to define, in a user-specific config file, a partner id and registration code for the weather.com xoap service. For this purpose, copy .conkyForecast.config in /usr/share/conkycolors folder to your home and set up as required.

bbcweather/yahooweather widget doesn't need any kind of registration.

For a working photo widget, you need to specify a file or directory in conkyPhoto or conkyPhotoRandom script in ~/.conkycolors/bin/.

Update your font cache:

sudo fc-cache -v -f

Scripts 📜

In the following links, you will find instructions about how to use those scripts:

• Conky Weather Script
• Conky SSL Mail Script
• Conky Pidgin Script
• Conky Rhythmbox Script
• Conky Banshee Script
• Conky Exaile Script

Launching Conky with Custom Configuration

To start Conky with a specific configuration file, use the following command:

conky -c ~/.conkycolors/conkyrc

To run Conky at startup, follow these steps:

• Open the System menu.
• Go to Preferences and select Startup Applications.
• Click "Add" to add a new startup application.
• Add the path to the conkyStart file: /usr/share/conkycolors/bin/conkyStart.

This will ensure that Conky starts automatically when you log in to your system.

Have Fun! 🎉