V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Awesome System Monitoring with ConkyWe’re going to make our Linux desktop look awesome with a tool called Conky. It’s a lightweight system monitor that you can customize to fit with your desktop theme. You can configure how it looks and also what it displays. It can tell you almost anything about your computer (OS,Kernel Version, IP addresses, Fan speeds, CPU Temperature and much much more).... read the rest of the article at bhaviks Blog --> http://bhaviksblog.com/02/awesome-system-m...ing-with-conky/Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 Eric, your on a roll tonight. Also, here is 18 pages of conky configurations and screenshots from the Arch forums: http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=39906I used to use it as a reference to make up different conky configs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 6, 2010 Author Share Posted January 6, 2010 Trying to stimulate some posting/learning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 6, 2010 Share Posted January 6, 2010 No doubt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Been playing with Conky tonight. It's really neato and all that... but MAN! What a pain in the posterior area to set up and customize. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Yes it is always nice to have tons of examples. Thats why I like that thread I posted above. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 If I get impatient, I may just set my ol' gkrellm back up instead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 If I get impatient, I may just set my ol' gkrellm back up instead. Oh but you can do so much more with conky. I have seen some amazing shots of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 Yeah... but most of that amazing stuff that you can do with conky I don't really have a need for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Well I just meant things like cpu load, partitions, network load etc. nothing extremely techy. Basically the same thing that gkrellm does but nicer looking. I dunno this looks pretty useful and neat: http://i.imagehost.org/view/0420/Screenshot_10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 Oh, I thought you meant like running my audio player or getting my emails.gkrellm can do cpu and eth0, plus temps, power supply voltages, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Yup gkrellm is nice but I prefer conky whenever I use non-tiling wms. I find it more customizable than gkrellm. Easer to edit a config file than install plugins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunrat Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Oh, I thought you meant like running my audio player or getting my emails.gkrellm can do cpu and eth0, plus temps, power supply voltages, etc.I think Gkrellm can run audio player and check emails! gkrellm-mailwatch - GKrellM plugin to watch mailboxes in multiple panelsgkrellm-radio - FM radio tuner for GKrellMgkrellm-volume - A mixer plugin for GKrellMgkrellmss - Plugin for GKrellM that has a VU meter and a chartgkrellxmms2 - GKrellM plugin to control xmms2And I bet Conky doesn't have a duck!gkrellm-bfm - system load plugin for gkrellm with a duck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 Sure. Gkrellm does all kinds of stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
securitybreach Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 I think Gkrellm can run audio player and check emails! gkrellm-mailwatch - GKrellM plugin to watch mailboxes in multiple panelsgkrellm-radio - FM radio tuner for GKrellMgkrellm-volume - A mixer plugin for GKrellMgkrellmss - Plugin for GKrellM that has a VU meter and a chartgkrellxmms2 - GKrellM plugin to control xmms2And I bet Conky doesn't have a duck!gkrellm-bfm - system load plugin for gkrellm with a duck Nope no duck but both applications are very nice. I was not meaning that one is better than the other. It was just my opinion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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