Get up and running with CONKY

Conky is a linux system monitoring tool. That is it gives out varioud information and data about what your system is running right now.

But users all over the world love Conky because of its configuration support. With over 200 in-built variables, conky displays information in any way you want and anywhere you want.

However, many linux newbies right now are hesitating to use conky to the script work needed which though very simple appears daunting when looked at as a whole. To help those people here is my simple conky script …

Get conky

This is my conky configuration file to display various informations which I prefer. Using this as a base, you can develop conky to suit your desktop too.

My conky script in action:

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You can get my conky script here.