Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots

[marx2k]

Anthony Haslam, I love the LCD look of your conky.

OK, I get everything posted execpt the weather sections people are using? </noob>

# Grab weather data from weather.com and format it according to the given XSLT
# Script written by boojit
# Modified by Hellf[i]re
# The orignal script and xslt can be downloaded from http://pondol.com/weather.tar.gz

(from the head of the script itself)

[ahaslam]

Anthony Haslam, I love the LCD look of your conky.

Thanks. I can't say that I was going for an LCD look, just simplicity, but I see it now

Tony.

[marx2k]

It would be even cooler if you could throw a drop shadow on the text and have it still be readable (probably impossible)

[ahaslam]

It would be even cooler if you could throw a drop shadow on the text and have it still be readable (probably impossible)

You could change the default text colour

Tony.

[K.Mandla]

I like conky, but I like to keep it minimal. I dig a desktop that looks like a picture, without a lot of clutter and stuff.

You'll have to look close to get an idea of it. Basically it's a two-line summary with everything I need centered at the bottom of the screen. Uppercase, outlined, 7-point (yes, 7-point) sans.

background yes
use_xft yes
xftfont Bitstream Vera Sans:size=7
xftalpha 0.8
update_interval 2
own_window no
double_buffer yes
draw_shades no
draw_outline yes
stippled_borders no
border_margin 0
border_width 1
default_color white
default_shade_color black
alignment bottom_left
minimum_size 1262
gap_x 9
gap_y 9
use_spacer no
no_buffers yes
uppercase yes

TEXT
${alignc}${color white}Ubuntu $sysname $kernel ${color darkgrey}on ${color white}$nodename ${color darkgrey}[${color white}${freq}Mhz ${execi 1000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/model name.*: //'}${color darkgrey}] |${color white}$uptime_short ${color darkgrey}uptime at ${color white}$cpu% ${color darkgrey}cpu load with ${color white}${mem}b${color darkgrey} of ${color white}${memmax}b${color darkgrey} (${color white}$memperc%${color darkgrey}) used by ${color white}$processes ${color darkgrey}processes
${alignc}${color white}${fs_used /}b${color darkgrey} of ${color white}${fs_size /}b${color darkgrey} root partition used, ${color white}${fs_used /home}b${color darkgrey} of ${color white}${fs_size /home}b${color darkgrey} home partition used | ${color white}${downspeed ra0} kbps${color darkgrey} down (${color white}${totaldown ra0}b${color darkgrey} total), ${color white}${upspeed ra0} kbps${color darkgrey} up (${color white}${totalup ra0}b${color darkgrey} total) on ${color white}${addr ra0}

The only downside is that with it centered like that, it tends to shift slightly as the numbers change; no doubt I could get that fixed if I really cared.

By the way, that's Conky 1.4.4-1 out of feisty. I have to run the edgy kernel since I use an RT61 wireless card on that machine, and I can't be bothered to rebuild the drivers.

[bugz0r]

How can I get conky to look like this, font and all?

[K.Mandla]

How can I get conky to look like this, font and all?

This is a good place to start.

http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205865

Conky runs off a text file, which you can edit to show exactly what you want in that picture ... plus more or minus less, as you like.

[ahaslam]

Very nice wallpaper & classy conky

Is that your famous Openbox setup?

Tony.

[blonder]

I Love this thread

[K.Mandla]

Very nice wallpaper & classy conky

Is that your famous Openbox setup?

Thanks. That's the one -- Grub to desktop in 27 seconds.

I didn't realize it was famous ... but I guess the guide did get dugg, which in some circles is almost famous.

The wallpaper, by the way, came from http://www.interfacelift.com ...