- Date & Time
- CPU utilization
- Memory utilization
- Hard disk & swap utilization
- Network utilization
- Be able to continuously execute commands
- Display running processes (from "top" command)
- Display IP addresses
- Display kernel version and hostname
My screen is look like this now (minus the processes bar).
Individual Conky
Steps:
- install conky application: execute the line below
sudo apt-get install conky conky-all
- choose theme: choices are:
- http://gnome-look.org/content/search.php and search for "conky"
- or download my version. It was "Conky Lua" theme, then I modified it a little bit to display Blackbuntu logo, IP addresses and processes .
- install theme: extract the downloaded theme file and copy them into directories
- other themes may have different way to put theme file in, so read their instruction for properly put the files
- but basicaly it would be like mine, which are
- put ".conkyrc" in your home directory (e.x. my home is at /home/anidear)
- put "blackbuntu_logo.png" into ".conky" directory in home directory (ex. /home/anidear/.conky) If the ".conky" directory does not exist, create it.
- put "clock_rings.lua" into ".lua/script" in home (so it'll be in /home/anidear/.lua/scripts) And again, if it does not exist, create it.
- test run: you can type "conky" into command line to see how it's running.
- While it is running, if you edit ".conkyrc" file and save, Conky will update it using the new configuration automatically.
- Press "Ctrl+C" on the command line to stop the running process.
- set it to run at startup
- go to either "System -> Preferences -> Sessions" or "System -> Preferences -> Startup Applications"
- add the new startup running program (with delay 20 seconds before it starts to let system finished loading)
- Name: Conky
- Comment: Conky System Monitor
- Command: sleep 20 && conky
- close
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