[The Computer Kid] How To Setup Conky The Easy Way

[Conrad Sykes]

I've always loved Conky and the ability it gives you to setup beautiful, lightweight, information displays directly on your desktop. Unfortunately, for new users Conky can be a little daunting with it's configuration files and setup process. Fortunately, there is a free app called Conky Manager which makes the process of installing conky scripts, and configuring them dirt simple. Conky Manager runs on Debian, Ubuntu, and Ubuntu derivatives such as Mint. To install Conky Manager on a Ubuntu based system open a terminal and run the following commands.

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install conky-manager

Conky Manager comes packaged with several different Conky scripts and to apply one it is as simple as clicking a check box in the app. Then you can click edit to change the position, size, transparency, etc of your conky widget. If you want more control you can still edit the original conky config file which is placed in the conky-manager folder in your home directory. For a more indepth look into the features of Conky Manager you can visit the applications homepage at http://teejeetech.blogspot.in/p/conky-manager.html Additionally, I highly recommend downloading the Deluxe Conky Theme Pack which can be imported into conky manager and gives you a ton of awesome conky configs to choose from.

Here's a screen shot of my desktop setup that I configured using Conky Manager. Feel free to comment and post pics of your desktop configs.

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Posted By Conrad Sykes to The Computer Kid at 7/29/2013 08:59:00 AM

[Conrad Sykes]

I've always loved Conky and the ability it gives you to setup beautiful, lightweight, information displays directly on your desktop. Unfortunately, for new users Conky can be a little daunting with it's configuration files and setup process. Fortunately, there is a free app called Conky Manager which makes the process of installing conky scripts, and configuring them dirt simple. Conky Manager runs on Debian, Ubuntu, and Ubuntu derivatives such as Mint. To install Conky Manager on a Ubuntu based system open a terminal and run the following commands.

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install conky-manager

Conky Manager comes packaged with several different Conky scripts and to apply one it is as simple as clicking a check box in the app. Then you can click edit to change the position, size, transparency, etc of your conky widget. If you want more control you can still edit the original conky config file which is placed in the conky-manager folder in your home directory. For a more indepth look into the features of Conky Manager you can visit the applications homepage at http://teejeetech.blogspot.in/p/conky-manager.html Additionally, I highly recommend downloading the Deluxe Conky Theme Pack which can be imported into conky manager and gives you a ton of awesome conky configs to choose from.

Here's a screen shot of my desktop that I setup using Conky Manager. Feel free to comment below and show off your own desktop setups.

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Posted By Conrad Sykes to The Computer Kid at 7/29/2013 02:15:00 PM