Here's a semi-interesting effect I haven't seen before (probably because I haven't looked hard enough) but it's new to me anyway
By using black text color and a gray shade color Conky looks like it's engraved in the desktop.
PHP Code:
# Conky sample configuration
#
# the list of variables has been removed from this file in favour
# of keeping the documentation more maintainable.
# Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list.
# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background no
# X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel
#font 5x7
#font 6x10
font 7x13
#font 8x13
#font 9x15
#font *mintsmild.se*
#font -*-*-*-*-*-*-40-*-*-*-*-*-*-*
# Use Xft?
use_xft yes
# Set conky on the bottom of all other applications
own_window_hints below
# Xft font when Xft is enabled
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=9
# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 0.8
# Print everything to stdout?
# out_to_console no
# MPD host/port
# mpd_host localhost
# mpd_port 6600
# mpd_password tinker_bell
# Print everything to console?
# out_to_console no
# mail spool
mail_spool $MAIL
# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0
# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0
# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type override
# Use pseudo transparency with own_window?
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
# If own_window_transparent is set to no, you can set the background colour here
#own_window_colour #000000
# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes
# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 100 5
maximum_width 200
# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes
# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no
# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no
# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 3
# border margins
border_margin 4
# border width
border_width 1
# Default colors and also border colors
default_color black
default_shade_color gray
default_outline_color black
# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
#alignment none
# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 12
gap_y 35
# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes
# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no
# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2
# number of net samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
net_avg_samples 2
# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes
# Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects.
use_spacer no
# mldonkey_hostname Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost
# mldonkey_port Mldonkey port, 4001 default
# mldonkey_login Mldonkey login, default none
# mldonkey_password Mldonkey password, default none
# boinc (seti) dir
# seti_dir /opt/seti
# variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter
# allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network
# stuff because of an argument
# stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen
TEXT
${color #ffffff}$nodename $sysname
${color #000000}$kernel on $machine
${color #000000}UpTime: ${uptime}
${color #000000}CPU ${color steel blue}${hr 2}
${color #000000}Core2Quad @ ${freq} MHz ${alignr}
${color #000000}Total Usage: ${color #000000}$cpu %
${color #000000}Core 1: ${color #000000}${cpu cpu1}%
${color #000000}${cpubar cpu1}
${color #000000}Core 2: ${color #000000}${cpu cpu2}%
${color #000000}${cpubar cpu2}
${color #000000}Core 3: ${color #000000}${cpu cpu3}%
${color #000000}${cpubar cpu3}
${color #000000}Core 4: ${color #000000}${cpu cpu4}%
${color #000000}${cpubar cpu4}
${color #000000}Memory ${color steel blue}${hr 2}
${color #000000}Ram: ${color #000000}$memperc% $mem / $memmax
${color #000000}${membar}
${color #000000}Swap: ${color #000000}$swapperc% $swap / $swapmax
${color #000000}${swapbar}
${color #000000}Processes ${color steel blue}${hr 2}
${color #000000}Total: $processes Running: $running_processes
${color #000000}Name ${color #000000} CPU% MEM%
${color #000000} ${top name 1} ${top cpu 1}${top mem 1}
${color #000000} ${top name 2} ${top cpu 2}${top mem 2}
${color #000000} ${top name 3} ${top cpu 3}${top mem 3}
${color #000000}Hard Drive ${color steel blue}${hr 2}
${color #000000}Disk I/O: ${color #000000}${diskio}
${color #000000}${diskiograph 10,198 ff0000 ff0000}
${color #000000}Root: ${color #000000} ${fs_size /} - ${fs_free_perc /}% free
${color #000000}${fs_bar /}
${color #000000}Home: ${color #000000}${fs_size /home} - ${fs_free_perc /home}% free
${color #000000}${fs_bar /home}
${color #000000}Temperatures ${color steel blue}${hr 2}
${color #000000}NVIDIA 7600GS GPU: ${execi 30 nvidia-settings -q gpucoretemp |grep Attribute |cut -c 43-44 ;} C
${color #000000}HDD Feisty Temp: ${execi 300 nc localhost 7634 | cut -c31-32 ;} C
${color #000000}HDD Vista Temp: ${execi 300 nc localhost 7634 | cut -c58-59 ;} C
${color #000000}Ethernet ${color steel blue}${hr 2}
${color #000000}Down: ${downspeed eth0}kB/s
${color #000000}Total: ${totaldown eth0}
${color #000000}${downspeedgraph eth0 25,198 00ff00 00ff00}
${color #000000}Up: ${upspeed eth0}kB/s
${color #000000}Total: ${totalup eth0}${alignr}
${color #000000}${upspeedgraph eth0 25,198 ff0000 ff0000} ${alignr}
${color #000000}Rhythmbox ${color steel blue}${hr 2}
${color #000000}Artist: ${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %aa}
${color #000000}Album: ${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %at}
${color #000000}Track: ${exec rhythmbox-client --no-start --print-playing-format %tt}
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