To learn how to edit Conky, read the Conky Variable page or Conky man pages.
To install Conky
in a terminal type:
sudo apt-get install conky
To read the Conky man pages
In a terminal type:
man conky
* you have to install conky before you can read the man pages
- the Conky man page side-by-side with my setup
My Conky Setup | Includes: - Custom icons for each section. - Details for CPU usage, frequency & temperature, memory usage and battery percentage remaining. - Lists the 5 most intensive processes with CPU and memory usage. - Hard drive and SD card details. - Network monitor with upload and download speeds. - It also intelligently monitors my storage and network settings. It loads SD card details only when a card is present. The network monitor can distinguish between wireless and wired connections and show the appropriate details. |
This is just a simple setup. Conky can be customized to be as detailed as you want it to be. This article shows some of my favorite setups.
To run Conky use Alt+F2 to bring up a run box and type Conky
To edit your conky
in a terminal type:
gedit .conkyrc
You .conkyrc file is a hidden file inside your /home folder.
If you want to use my conky file or just want some icons to work with, first download these Conky fonts and use this guide to install them.
Download my .conkyrc file
- Conky does not work well with Ubuntu Netbook Remix
- You will have to edit the mount point for your SD card under STORAGE to get it to work properly.
- If you have a swap partition and want to monitor it, add this after RAM:
${voffset 4}${font StyleBats:size=9}j${font} SWAP: $swapperc% ${alignr}${swapbar 8,80}
- If you figure out how to get HD temperature monitoring working, please leave the details in the comments below.
