Conky Manager Gets New Options, 4 New Themes

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/07/conky-manager-gui-for-managing-conky.html">Conky Manager</a>, a graphical font-end for managing Conky configuration files, has been <a href="http://teejeetech.blogspot.ro/2013/07/conky-manager-v12.html">updated</a> to version 1.2 yesterday, getting 4 new Conky configurations / themes, as well as some new options.</b></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRGLyNSj7kw6Uq30BIvPlzcecx7YLqs5sVsej072OBrQui1QpHsGUbscVFftMX1KBMEV05y3IkPeYMqbEIwXY24JgQZS-5YjEz3kZb5V8-JypfiAQXrmZX43PB1VHtZMqLeGqxSiNg4k/s1600/conky-manager-1.2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Conky Manager" border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuRGLyNSj7kw6Uq30BIvPlzcecx7YLqs5sVsej072OBrQui1QpHsGUbscVFftMX1KBMEV05y3IkPeYMqbEIwXY24JgQZS-5YjEz3kZb5V8-JypfiAQXrmZX43PB1VHtZMqLeGqxSiNg4k/s320/conky-manager-1.2.png" title="Conky Manager" width="320" /></a></div><br /><a name="more"></a><b>Changes in Conky Manager 1.2:</b><br /><ul><li>new option to change the time format (12hr/24hr);</li><li>new option to change the network interface (WiFi/LAN);</li><li>new application icon;</li><li>a "Show Desktop" button has been added to minimize other windows, to make it easier to see the changes you make to the selected Conky configuration;</li><li>added option to import  Conky theme pack.</li></ul><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1_4Ou9TMlm34gd4LjAOGjpYyT2y6Bvyp6qkzS7r5TmI6dE2cxj7Q3tYMz2CtNaSO1D2CyZr4_OaQC_VybsJ280MV-NdahQ0RGhMLJ1Vrwlt_um8GXZLw8hmv5SB1NsnoVSzlIzjSC7w/s1600/conky-manager-1.2-network.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Conky Manager" border="0" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie1_4Ou9TMlm34gd4LjAOGjpYyT2y6Bvyp6qkzS7r5TmI6dE2cxj7Q3tYMz2CtNaSO1D2CyZr4_OaQC_VybsJ280MV-NdahQ0RGhMLJ1Vrwlt_um8GXZLw8hmv5SB1NsnoVSzlIzjSC7w/s320/conky-manager-1.2-network.png" title="Conky Manager" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Below you can see the new Conky configurations / themes added in the latest Conky Manager 1.2:</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_toQsOfEiqPCbngcqJlCty527Ba1uGbVSoufBm7kTh-9KBTUkE3FujdMn6SnS3GJCA0JxQY4fhy4DLqR9ZVDwXkNLSi2CcUB7JzEMImlRmwHT8PhOQdErDYYVHcpzgwZI6uF6dS81UTM/s1600/conky-lsd.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Conky Configuration" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_toQsOfEiqPCbngcqJlCty527Ba1uGbVSoufBm7kTh-9KBTUkE3FujdMn6SnS3GJCA0JxQY4fhy4DLqR9ZVDwXkNLSi2CcUB7JzEMImlRmwHT8PhOQdErDYYVHcpzgwZI6uF6dS81UTM/s320/conky-lsd.png" title="Conky Configuration" width="242" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conky LSD<u><br /></u></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_N25qlyjmq81R_GfFMPikFqyW0-HzIyI_zAyEvi89MddkxL6ttf2ebXp56lmqWaWohb-DOZ1d-u9MCCwcJsuvkbAhCaVsi6n9DtiLqGE6an4MJqAovLNWsZaLhpO-6sOcc1OqBFHKWqM/s1600/conky-miui.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Conky Configuration" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_N25qlyjmq81R_GfFMPikFqyW0-HzIyI_zAyEvi89MddkxL6ttf2ebXp56lmqWaWohb-DOZ1d-u9MCCwcJsuvkbAhCaVsi6n9DtiLqGE6an4MJqAovLNWsZaLhpO-6sOcc1OqBFHKWqM/s1600/conky-miui.png" title="Conky Configuration" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conky MIUI</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZ9C-l-Vm7BBVF31i6lPwkUbqaHhyphenhyphen-wPRAITZZB1MN3Zu_EIT06KwpnurLtk5nnFre2WmfvHs45KU1zkI-Zh43kY7SLhyphenhyphenoAGKBnMPJpCEAqtniyVI-YfkxjIwLvHd_09iAl1AfRpQBM4/s1600/conky-seamod.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Conky Configuration" border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfZ9C-l-Vm7BBVF31i6lPwkUbqaHhyphenhyphen-wPRAITZZB1MN3Zu_EIT06KwpnurLtk5nnFre2WmfvHs45KU1zkI-Zh43kY7SLhyphenhyphenoAGKBnMPJpCEAqtniyVI-YfkxjIwLvHd_09iAl1AfRpQBM4/s320/conky-seamod.png" title="Conky Configuration" width="127" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conky Seamod</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWuNnPblwsI2Qo-1JJj__f9gcxcACp1XOSIRLx5IiKUWDwPOw8DaJ8sxu3BHhnfNjOFJHtEREMe2QuuOZgeCCYIxhS1LYwURag3EuIEnaySg3cnARbtPkeYbQkVlep47Fr9uNwWwO8iq8/s1600/conky-venti-color.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Conky Configuration" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWuNnPblwsI2Qo-1JJj__f9gcxcACp1XOSIRLx5IiKUWDwPOw8DaJ8sxu3BHhnfNjOFJHtEREMe2QuuOZgeCCYIxhS1LYwURag3EuIEnaySg3cnARbtPkeYbQkVlep47Fr9uNwWwO8iq8/s1600/conky-venti-color.png" title="Conky Configuration" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conky Venti-Color (8 Core with Clock widget)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlTl7c5TdrqCLWDfGVDmjK9ZE37LNAh8Iwtd7kS7JazzT2bk66dvKv7z4MU-KoVdN1uMG17Rgyq5dXTDJudq3um5JOejXSGm-wOwMtWD4HIwsQgT71m-WyEtKItjVmFIiVrXrZNTcQu0/s1600/conky-venti-color_2.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Conky Configuration" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNlTl7c5TdrqCLWDfGVDmjK9ZE37LNAh8Iwtd7kS7JazzT2bk66dvKv7z4MU-KoVdN1uMG17Rgyq5dXTDJudq3um5JOejXSGm-wOwMtWD4HIwsQgT71m-WyEtKItjVmFIiVrXrZNTcQu0/s1600/conky-venti-color_2.png" title="Conky Configuration" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conky Venti-Color (Clock stats + Wifi widget)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><h2>Even more Conky configurations</h2><br />For more Conky configurations you can download the <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download/5yb5ambg6h4jack/Deluxe_Conky_Theme_Pack.cmtp.7z">Deluxe Conky Pack by Jesse Avalos</a> - to add the pack to Conky Manager (make sure you have installed the latest version), on the Options tab, select "Import Conky Manager Theme Pack" and select the downloaded "<i>Deluxe_Conky_Theme_Pack.cmtp.7z</i>".<br /><br />You can see a quick demo of the Conky configurations / themes included in the <i>Deluxe Conky Pack</i> by watching the video below:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/GnaSVbw6ONk" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnaSVbw6ONk">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><h2>Install Conky Manager in Ubuntu</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To add the Conky Manager PPA and install the application in Ubuntu, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-add-repository ppa:teejee2008/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install conky-manager</code></pre><br />If you're not using Ubuntu, you can download the code from <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~teejee2008/conky-manager/trunk">Launchpad</a>.<br /><br /><b>For more info, see the Conky Manager page @ <a href="http://teejeetech.blogspot.ro/p/conky-manager.html">Teejeetech</a>.</b><br /><br />Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/conky-manager/+filebug">Launchpad</a>. <b><br /></b>

Conky Manager Gets New Options, 4 New Themes

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Conky Manager: A GUI For Managing Conky Configurations

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6vawS-PW-DWTWjpmaAo0QRzb2Y8_oo_SKYZ7dVV9hcE4228tnoYXw8WjjV0CtGhlfMVXF3tgtHRgpPlpT3bV5FIKCaQaikUe05YVYdGClAvdn__5-Va79_-8j7y3PGVDgW4_6ST6PW0/s736/conky-manager_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Conky Manager" border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs6vawS-PW-DWTWjpmaAo0QRzb2Y8_oo_SKYZ7dVV9hcE4228tnoYXw8WjjV0CtGhlfMVXF3tgtHRgpPlpT3bV5FIKCaQaikUe05YVYdGClAvdn__5-Va79_-8j7y3PGVDgW4_6ST6PW0/s320/conky-manager_1.png" title="Conky Manager" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://teejeetech.blogspot.in/p/conky-manager.html">Conky Manager</a> is a GUI that allows you to easily manage Conky configurations. </b>The latest version - 1.1 -, lets you choose from 7 such configurations / themes.<b></b><br /><br /><a name="more"></a><i><b><a href="http://conky.sourceforge.net/">Conky</a></b> is a lightweight, highly customizable system monitor that displays various info on your desktop.</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Conky Manager 1.1 ships with themes ranging from complete system info (memory, cpu, Internet, cpu usage and time) to configurations that only display the CPU usage or Nvidia graphics stats. Below you can preview the Conky themes included in Conky Manager 1.1:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBxKl6kcVZZEg_ZHFPxkNdcT4_xEiph3pryK9Ydx5SsBbB0GBgYWKw7QTmukuLn4lWKQDGPju7ZIuZltBWRh0dEcG5MnYJQI1DH0lkHetHf00QjWwCEVXX8muXixdFdb_Cs_dBmzw3_w/s411/conky-cpu-panel.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLBxKl6kcVZZEg_ZHFPxkNdcT4_xEiph3pryK9Ydx5SsBbB0GBgYWKw7QTmukuLn4lWKQDGPju7ZIuZltBWRh0dEcG5MnYJQI1DH0lkHetHf00QjWwCEVXX8muXixdFdb_Cs_dBmzw3_w/s320/conky-cpu-panel.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemyjwkfsXBIeQXPPf-ue-tDYeRcsgsGJWtmxSPZR7LIuh5Awym9MkRtT3AGY4tRaaARwbzQZ-qACsdtC8_q7vY1nStEBTPIGqBH6-VAGT_6D2adQ1IT7PSp9niaT3eZwqZmTeEB0_gNU/s981/conky-goldngrey.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhemyjwkfsXBIeQXPPf-ue-tDYeRcsgsGJWtmxSPZR7LIuh5Awym9MkRtT3AGY4tRaaARwbzQZ-qACsdtC8_q7vY1nStEBTPIGqBH6-VAGT_6D2adQ1IT7PSp9niaT3eZwqZmTeEB0_gNU/s550/conky-goldngrey.png" width="550" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTkTdhXAtduCbDEETFAJf5IzZjZiFvnPVaHO7cvSomoN5ip_ml-AxrpeKJN2jz0ML7ShSQz97duUU_ocm6aXgdAA_4G37BS7olHp2179mApg57RC-KlSqDpZc9U__5kRmb1exT0RbmbI/s510/conky-gotham.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="117" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinTkTdhXAtduCbDEETFAJf5IzZjZiFvnPVaHO7cvSomoN5ip_ml-AxrpeKJN2jz0ML7ShSQz97duUU_ocm6aXgdAA_4G37BS7olHp2179mApg57RC-KlSqDpZc9U__5kRmb1exT0RbmbI/s320/conky-gotham.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLGJ3IOqGYOkoJO_6s0zIC17c2gRzGY-lfUhk7gVRAb6lYnbHv-_DWEzz_MHLeifKgWckl0b06-8r0zMMkWXvDGUrmbBt9gD90Zyja5VG8WP5PKkmjtgYWp211QOC0lou2jU03vd22L8/s499/conky-max-conky.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="261" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbLGJ3IOqGYOkoJO_6s0zIC17c2gRzGY-lfUhk7gVRAb6lYnbHv-_DWEzz_MHLeifKgWckl0b06-8r0zMMkWXvDGUrmbBt9gD90Zyja5VG8WP5PKkmjtgYWp211QOC0lou2jU03vd22L8/s320/conky-max-conky.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bU7bTOl1lr2yasQ5Y5aXBFlFZPI0wQ5sD7e5FQ2-OnUx36lDJkyQTtx2nXCByNMjHLR3r_OmYbhvMBGRo5jXYRm9DO7soAsYqyfUXMtVqYMula28cafp-tiz9rzkGwpNNxgF-NL9ad8/s230/conky-nvidia-panel.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7bU7bTOl1lr2yasQ5Y5aXBFlFZPI0wQ5sD7e5FQ2-OnUx36lDJkyQTtx2nXCByNMjHLR3r_OmYbhvMBGRo5jXYRm9DO7soAsYqyfUXMtVqYMula28cafp-tiz9rzkGwpNNxgF-NL9ad8/s230/conky-nvidia-panel.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWYhX-wUTNbAg_L3fsgqA0jIF4JGoLQ6r9AcOSIiRopXNIsKgkfNXCltJUVilJW-8w95Oor9Zjd_uLXQrNb3CUL_WzPCRpdoKNOlaNkBg9NJEK8WzSq2AFU6Lf9qP9QOM5ilEk96-zKU/s462/conky-torn-paper-clone.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWYhX-wUTNbAg_L3fsgqA0jIF4JGoLQ6r9AcOSIiRopXNIsKgkfNXCltJUVilJW-8w95Oor9Zjd_uLXQrNb3CUL_WzPCRpdoKNOlaNkBg9NJEK8WzSq2AFU6Lf9qP9QOM5ilEk96-zKU/s320/conky-torn-paper-clone.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Using this tool, you can easily enable or disable Conky themes as well as <b>enable or disable modules for each config</b>. For instance, if you use the Gold&Grey configuration, you can enable or disable the following modules: time, net, memory, disk or cpu usage.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In the <i>Edit</i> tab, you can configure <b>each widget: set its location</b> (alignment, horizontal and vertical gap), <b>transparency and size</b> (minimum width and height, height padding):</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Z3r_aOkHjaahP4_rUoa-xooSxm9NhbL-c0m7Krft5M_yBk9L5hIqcHLsLjX3RWNqn-U-7_HTHD6x7P_0ZLc9xz2Vzc8l8FvTXQgu2iRyku_TMjJAINc9dKlBo701-RoQwW3QHApn9xc/s736/conky-manager_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Conky Manager" border="0" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Z3r_aOkHjaahP4_rUoa-xooSxm9NhbL-c0m7Krft5M_yBk9L5hIqcHLsLjX3RWNqn-U-7_HTHD6x7P_0ZLc9xz2Vzc8l8FvTXQgu2iRyku_TMjJAINc9dKlBo701-RoQwW3QHApn9xc/s320/conky-manager_2.png" title="Conky Manager" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">From the <i>Options</i> tab, you can set Conky to run at system startup, import new Conky theme packs if released by the Conky Manager developer, or kill Conky.<br />  <br />There are some features Conky Manager currently lacks, like an option to set the network interface to be used by the net modules, however, according to the Conky Manager developer, the tool should get some new features soon, along with new themes included by default.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>The application supports adding extra themes</b> - for how to do this, see Conky Manager <a href="http://teejeetech.blogspot.in/p/conky-manager.html">release announcement</a>.</div><br /><b>If you encounter bugs, report them @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/conky-manager">Launchpad</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Conky Manager in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>To install Conky Manager in Ubuntu (and derivates), use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install conky-manager</code></pre><br /><b>For other Linux distributions you can get the code via <a href="https://code.launchpad.net/~teejee2008/conky-manager/trunk">Launchpad</a>.</b><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Tony George for the tip! Some screenshots via <a href="http://teejeetech.blogspot.in/p/conky-manager.html">teejeetech</a></i></div>

Conky Manager: A GUI For Managing Conky Configurations

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Get Weather Or System Info On Your Desktop With These 2 Conky Configurations

<div style="text-align: justify;">There are two Conky configurations I've been wanting to write about for a while, but I didn't have the time to do it, until today, so here it is: the first one has been created by <a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/">Satya</a>, it's called Conky Google Now and is very easy to set up while the second one, created by Pressian, is more advanced and requires some experience with Conky to set it up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><i><a href="http://conky.sourceforge.net/">Conky</a> is a lightweight, highly configurable system monitor tool which can display the information on your desktop, in different shapes and forms.</i></div><br /><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, make sure you've firstly installed Conky. In Ubuntu, <b>install it using the following command:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install conky-all</code></pre><br /><br /><h2>Conky Google Now</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP215QlF1W3fEEMs1z60sIushabM9Eib2XXqKLgNMLnr7fV183EX4CE0ZUZAv1i8feJpJ7kLeJUWEirA_iZ6oTsZIkeOSIMSRseTklhgnWz4Y9ooApeKTihoUyhWLndZWKcKou7Js7rUiQ/s1600/conky-google-now_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP215QlF1W3fEEMs1z60sIushabM9Eib2XXqKLgNMLnr7fV183EX4CE0ZUZAv1i8feJpJ7kLeJUWEirA_iZ6oTsZIkeOSIMSRseTklhgnWz4Y9ooApeKTihoUyhWLndZWKcKou7Js7rUiQ/s400/conky-google-now_2.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Conky-Google-Now-366545753">Download Conky Google Now</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Conky Google Now is a Conky configuration created by Satya which tries to imitate Google Now. This should be very easy to use as there isn't much to configure: you only need to get the Yahoo Weather ID for your city and enter it in the Conky configuration file.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This Conky config displays the current weather, a forecast for the next two days, wind speed as well as the network up / down speed and total sent / received data.</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use Conky Google Now, download the configuration files from <a href="http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Conky-Google-Now-366545753">Deviant Art</a> (link above) - there's a download link on the right.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, install the Open Sans (Light) font which is used by Conky Google Now. Download the font from <a href="http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/open-sans">HERE</a>, extract the archive and place the font(s) under ~/.fonts (if the folder doesn't exist, create it), then update the font cache using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo fc-cache -fv</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The next step is to extract the downloaded archive, then press CTRL + H inside the extracted folder to be able to see all the files (all are hidden except the README) and copy the ".conky-google-now" and ".conkyrc" in your home folder. If you want to use the dark Conky Google Now, copy ".conkyrc-dark" in your home folder instead and rename it to ".conkyrc".</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/conky-google-now-dark.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Conky Google Now Dark" src="http://img.netupd8.com/conky-google-now-dark_thumb.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Conky Google Now dark</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Now go to <a href="http://weather.yahoo.com/">weather.yahoo.com</a>, search for your city (under "Enter city or zip code"), and once you reach your city weather page, note down the numbers (this is the WOEID) from the end of the URL, e.g., in my case, the URL is: <i>"http://weather.yahoo.com/romania/bucuresti/bucharest-868274/</i>" so the WOEID is "868274". Now open the <i>~/.conkyrc</i> file, search for "2294941" (without the quotes) and replace it with your WOEID, then save the file.<br /><br />Now, to run conky, simply open a terminal or type ALT + F2 and enter: "conky".<br /><br /><br /><br /><h2>Conky by Pressian</h2><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://img.netupd8.com/conky-pressian.png"><img alt="Conky y Pressian" src="http://img.netupd8.com/conky-pressian_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><b><a href="http://webupd8.googlecode.com/files/conky%20by%20Pressian-0.1.tar.gz">Download Conky by Pressian</a></b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The second Conky configuration has been created by WebUpd8 reader Pressian and take a bit more to set up than Conky Google Now, but it also displays more information. The configuration is especially created for laptops that come with Nvidia Optimus technology and 4 CPU cores so if you don't have this system configuration, you'll need to tweak this Conky setup which may need some experience with Conky. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Please note that this Conky configuration uses transparency, so it won't work properly in Unity (if you know a way to get it to display properly, without shadows, etc., let us know in the comments, but I've already tried basically everything and at least in Ubuntu 13.04, I can't get it to display properly in Unity, but it works great in GNOME Shell for instance).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Information displayed by this Conky configuration includes: system info (uptime, system load, battery status, processor and video card), top 5 processes, CPU stats (frequency, usage, temperature), optimized for 4 cores so if you have less or more, you'll need to tweak the configuration file, memory stats (RAM used and free, HDD used as well as the HDD temperature, network stats (up/down speed, local and public IP and Wifi bitrate and signal strength if available, as well as the GPU stats for laptops using the Optimus technology (Nvidia driver, Nvidia GPU state as well as the temperature and frequency but only when the Nvidia GPU is in use).</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To use it, download the archive from <a href="http://webupd8.googlecode.com/files/conky%20by%20Pressian-0.1.tar.gz">HERE</a>, extract it and then press CTRL + H to see the Conky configuration files (they are hidden by default). Then, copy the ".conky" and ".fonts" folders as well as the ".conkyrc" file into your home folder.</div><br />Then, you need to update the font cache:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo fc-cache -fv</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Since this Conky configuration displays a lot of information, there are also some dependencies you need to install:<i> lm-sensors, hddtemp, curl </i>and <i>bumblebee</i>. In Ubuntu, install the first three using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install lm-sensors hddtemp curl</code></pre><br />Then, set up lm-sensors using the following command:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo sensors-detect</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">And answer "yes" to everything, then run the following command to load the sensors modules:</div><br />- Ubuntu 13.04 and newer:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo service kmod start</code></pre>- Ubuntu versions older than 13.04:<br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo service module-init-tools start</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For <i>hddtemp</i>, also run this command (might be required for some Linux distributions / Ubuntu versions):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/hddtemp</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For how to install Bumblebee (specific for those with Optimus laptops, see <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/bumblebee-321-released-with-ubuntu-1304.html" title="Bumblebee 3.2.1 Released With Ubuntu 13.04 Fixes, New Options">THIS</a> article.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now, to run Conky, simply press ALT + F2 and enter: "conky".</div><br /><br /><br /><h2>Adding Conky to startup</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want Conky to start automatically when you log in, you must add it to the startup applications and for this we'll need to use a script (we need to start it with a delay so it doesn't show up on top) so create a file somewhere, e.g.: in a folder called "scripts" in your home directory - let's call the file "start_conky". And in this file, paste this:</div><pre class="source-code"><code>#! /bin/bash<br />sleep 20<br />conky</code></pre><div style="text-align: justify;">Then save the file and make it executable. If you've followed our exact instructions and the file is called "start_conky" and is located in the "scripts" folder in your home directory, you can make it executable using the following command:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>chmod +x ~/scripts/start_conky</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Now open the Startup Applications dialog, click "Add", under "Name" enter "Conky" and under "Command", select "Browse" and here, select the "start_conky" file, then click "Add" and you're done. </div><br /><b>For more Conky configurations, browse our <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/search/label/conky?max-results=10">Conky tag</a>.</b>

Get Weather Or System Info On Your Desktop With These 2 Conky Configurations

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