Background

I typically setup and use conky on most of my linux computers. This article show’s my typical conky setup along with the items / addons used to achieve the setup. I’ve also attached my .conkyrc file for reference or use but please note that you may want to adjust it.

Details

What you will need:

• conky $ apt-get install conky (adjust for your repo)
• other??

Setup is rather basic:

• Ensure Conky is installed
• Edit your .conkyrc file or copy the attached .conkyrc file to your home directory
  • edit to taste

To Run:
Running is simple as well, simply start conky (conky -q) or restart if it is already running (killall conky && conky -q).

The Results:
An attached screenshot of the end results (using my .conkyrc):

Screenshot of ‘running’ instance of the attached .conkyrc config.

Notes

• I use the following “extensions” to conky which are all Open Source:
  • cweather.py: a simple python script to get weather information.
  • cryptik.py: a python script that gets the current price of a crypto-currency
  • kbsl: a XSL style sheet that parses an Openbox config file to produce a shortcut/KEYMAP list

Links

• My .conkyrc File
• dradux git repo