My simple conky setup, basic design that looks better on dark wallpapers.
Created by Anderson Prado (AndeOn)
Licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, Version 2
- Copy the folder "Simple" into the ~/.conky (Hidden folder on home directory)
Conky Manager is a graphical front-end for managing Conky config files. It provides options to start/stop, browse and edit Conky themes installed on the system.
If you are using Ubuntu or its derivatives (like Xubuntu, Linux Mint, etc) you can install it from the Launchpad PPA.
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install conky-manager
Conky: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky
Conky Manager: http://www.teejeetech.in/p/conky-manager.html
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Optimized to work with wireless connection. The network setting may not suit for your environment. Run
ifconfig
to get the name of device that you are currenty using, then changewlan0
to it. If it's ethernet put#
in front the line 159 "signal strength" to comment. -
Conky 1.10.1 have issue with
$pre_exec
variable (I remove the auto detect "lsb_release" to fix). Check here: brndnmtthws/conky#62 -
own_window_type not work properly in some Desktop Environment, change it if necessary. Options: (normal, desktop, dock, panel or override)
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If the font doesn't look great in your screen adjust the size in
Font Monospace:size=