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| ===== Introduction ===== | ===== Introduction ===== | ||
| - | Conky is a lightweight system monitor that sits on the desktop, highly customizable. It is able to show hundreds of information about your computer, such as CPU usage, RAM, disk usage, CPU temperature, and also the weather or the number of new messages in your email. It allows color graphical formatting of its indicators, offering a stylish look to the desktop. | + | Conky is a highly customizable, lightweight system monitor that sits on the desktop. It is able to show loads of information about your computer, such as CPU usage, RAM, disk usage, CPU temperature, and also the weather or the number of new messages in your email. It allows color graphical formatting of its indicators, offering a stylish look to the desktop. |
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| $ conky | $ conky | ||
| - | Note that the Conky window appears at the top-right of the screen, with black background. | + | Note that the Conky window appears at the top-right of the screen, with a black background. |
| - | Conky should start automatically when you turn on / restart your computer. If it doesn't, go to the Applications menu -> Preferences -> Desktop Session Settings; on "Automatically Started Applications" tab , select "Conky" box to boot with Linux. | + | Conky should start automatically when you turn on/restart your computer. If it doesn't, go to the Applications menu -> Preferences -> Desktop Session Settings - on the "Automatically Started Applications" tab , select "Conky" box to boot with Linux. |
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| For example, to get your Conky window transparent, allowing you to see the wallpaper behind it instead of the default black background, there are two ways: | For example, to get your Conky window transparent, allowing you to see the wallpaper behind it instead of the default black background, there are two ways: | ||
| - | **1-** change the following line of your file //.conkyrc//: | + | **1.** Change the following line of your file //.conkyrc//: |
| own_window_transparent no | own_window_transparent no | ||
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| This creates a simple transparency effect, forcing Conky to copy the wallpaper as its background image. | This creates a simple transparency effect, forcing Conky to copy the wallpaper as its background image. | ||
| - | **2-** For a more sophisticated effect, in which you can control the level of transparency of the Conky window, change your //.conkyrc// as follows:\\ | + | **2.** For a more sophisticated effect, in which you can control the level of transparency of the Conky window, change your //.conkyrc// as follows:\\ |
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| own_window_transparent no | own_window_transparent no | ||
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| own_window_argb_value 150 | own_window_argb_value 150 | ||
| - | The two lines added make Conky to use the Linux composite (by default __//Xcompmgr//__) to create the transparency effect. | + | The added two lines make Conky use the Linux composite (by default __//Xcompmgr//__) to create the transparency effect. |
| - | Note that you must activate the composite at Linux boot to get this effect working. To do this, go to the Applications menu -> Preferences -> Desktop Session Settings; on "Automatically Started Applications" tab , select "Desktop effects with Xcompmgr" box to boot with Linux. Now right-click in an empty area of your desktop, select "Desktop effects" -> "Activate composite". You should be able to see the semitransparent Conky window. | + | Note that you must activate the composite at Linux boot to get this effect working. To do this, go to the Applications menu -> Preferences -> Desktop Session Settings - on the "Automatically Started Applications" tab, select "Desktop effects with Xcompmgr" box to boot with Linux. Now right-click in an empty area of your desktop, select "Desktop effects" -> "Activate composite". You should be able to see the semi-transparent Conky window. |
| To control the level of transparency, change the end of the line: | To control the level of transparency, change the end of the line: | ||