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Saturday, January 1, 2011

Conky, a free light-weight system monitor for X!


In Windows, there is an application called Rainmeter (http://rainmeter.net/) which can display system monitor on the desktop. I want something like it on my Ubuntu desktop. Is there a way to bring it to my desktop? YES! Conky can do it!

So what is conky? Conky is a free light system monitor for X which can display any info about on your deskop. Here is an example of Conky on my Ubuntu desktop.

There are two ways to configure Conky. First, you can use ConkyWizard with GUI configuration or you can use Conky-colors to make your Conky more beautiful. I use Conky-color with cairo theme. So whick one is better? Haha, it's up to you. If you ask me why I choose Conky-colors, maybe because I'm like it's cairo theme.

So, are you ready to configure Conky? Let's go!


(1)If you want to configure Conky with ConkyWizard, check this link:
(2)But if you want Conky-colors: check this link:
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/conky-colors-makes-your-conky-beautiful.html

And if you want Conky-colors with cairo theme, check this link:
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/08/conky-colors-gets-beautiful-new-cairo.html

Preview of my desktop using Conky

Conky make your desktop beautiful, isn't it?
And if you want the same wallpaper that i use, check this link:
http://petrsimcik.deviantart.com/#/d33br69

Plus, I use DockBarX for my bottom panel. If you want DockBarX, check this link too:
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/12/dockbarx-041-released-with-redesigned.html

So, do you like it? Hope this helps and happy customizing. :)

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