WizardConky

WizardConky

One of my favourite Conky desktops. I run this on Manjaro but should work with any Linux desktop providing it supports the Conky package.

Install

Depending on what OS you are running...

RedHat based systems:
yum install conky

Debian based systems:
apt-get install conky-all

Arch based systems:
pacman -Sy --noconfirm conky

...you can figure out the rest.

Setup

Create the Conky config directory:
mkdir -p ~/.config/conky

Create an emppty Conky config file:
touch ~/.config/conky/conky.conkyrc

and paste the contents from my conky.conkyrc file.

Create a a script to run Conky at boot:
echo -e '#!/bin/bash n sleep 10 && conky -d -c ~/.config/conky/conky.conkyrc &' >> conky_start.sh

It's up to you to figure out how to trigger the conky_start.sh script at boot. This is dependent on your OS and/or desktop environment.

Screenshots

Tips

• Upload your own icon to ~/.config/conky/icon.png
• Play with the --WINDOW & BORDERS SETTINGS to make it work with your graphics card, and screen resolution
• Update the font size if it is too small or large on your system
• Add your own storage volumes and mount points under the Storage section. List them running df at the terminal.
• Use your own Wi-Fi and Wired NIC names. Replace all instances of wlp58s0 (Wi-Fi) and enp0s20f0u1 (Wired). Find them by running ip link show athe the terminal.
• Check out the full list of Conky Objects
• Use the execi <frequency_in_sec> nmcli <shell_command> to output native linux commands to the desktop.
• Have fun!