Grim's Ultra Cool Conky Config

The Conky setup I've been using and improving since 2009

Configuration

conkyrc.clean is an alternate version of my conkyrc with the private data stripped out via private-data-stripper.sh

Configure and rename conkyrc.clean as conkyrc

conkyrc and draw_bg.lua go in $HOME/.conky

Enable the following modules by creating a file with their name in $HOME/.config/conky/

CPU Type

  • cpu2 (Dual-core CPU)
  • cpu4 (Quad-core CPU)
  • cpu8 (Octa-core CPU)

Hard drives

  • lvm (Logical partitions instead of physical ones)
  • hdd_depot (Extra hdd)

Extra hardware

  • battery (Laptop Battery)
  • nvidia (NVIDIA temperature indicator)

Network interfaces

  • eth0 (Ethernet)
  • wlan0 (WiFi)
  • tethering (USB Tethering)
  • vpn (Private Network)

Network Status

  • servers (Information about VPS conectivity)
  • hyperboria (Information about the Hyperboria link)

Running

conky --config=$HOME/.conky/conkyrc

Licenses

The config is released under the GNU General Public License v3

Lua background (draw_bg.lua) by londonali1010 and VinDSL (2009-2011) released under public domain