Conky-fsociety

Conky(a light weight system monitoring tool) for desktop

Tested on cinnamon

Install

• First install conky following the reference guide below or from the link here and check if the default conky works for you.
• Then clone the repository: git clone https://github.com/nobodyme/conky-fsociety.git
• cd into the directory: cd conky-fsociety
• Run the install script with: ./install.sh.This should place the necessary files under ~/.conky/conky-fsociety/

Run

To run the conky: conky -c ~/.conky/conky-fsociety/fsocietyrc

Note: Although your conky will persist even if you close the terminal, it wouldn't be present on reboot, see how to set up conky to run at startup at the end of that page.

Remove

To remove the conky from desktop: pkill conky

Uninstall

• cd into the repository, if you're not
• Run the uninstall script: ./uninstall.sh.This should remove the ~/.conky/ directory.

Known issues

• For Unity DE you might wanna change the line own_window_type normal to own_window_type dock in fscoietyrc file in ~/.conky/conky-fscoiety/fsocietyrc after install, if you don't find the conky appearing on the desktop.

Other references

Conky-Wiki-github