Do you use a conky - Y or N and Why?

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manyroads:

OK I got you download...but how do you use it...Does I have to compile it in Lua first ?? or ??

[Jerry3904]

Many of Manyroads's conkies are in the default set: just open Conky Manager and select the one you want.

[manyroads]

manyroads:

OK I got you download...but how do you use it...Does I have to compile it in Lua first ?? or ??

Place the conky code in your .conky (in its own directory) folder and run it using conky-manager. That is probably the easiest way, assuming you are using xfce and conky-manager :lipsrsealed: You will need to modify the device names to match those on your device. Conky-manager will help with some of the basic but not fans, batteries, etc. There are threads here to help you sort those out.
You can run

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sensors

in a terminal window to see most of the correct values, in order to tune conky to match your setup (get the same values).

Have fun.

[Jerry3904]

So is that conky different from the 4 of yours already in the MX basic set ?

[radonrose]

My screens are covered with windows so I never see it anyway.

Exactly this!

I played around with Conky when I first migrated to MX (didn't know about it before), but I want information to either be always visible, or stay inside a window. I play around with genmon at the time, see what panel "plug-ins" can be made that way.

[manyroads]

So is that conky different from the 4 of yours already in the MX basic set ?

Yes it is Jerry. By all means feel free to use it. It offers more detail and is more compact than my earlier efforts. It, also, adjusts to accomodate different desktop environments (label & user ID-wise). I'll post another image or two here in a few minutes so it is more obvious.

Edit: Here are images for my three Desktops.

bspwm-Screenshot.png

hlwm-Screenshot.png

XFCE-Screenshot.png

[figueroa]

Yes. It's a handy system check when I first log in. During the day it's usually covered with windows, but when I chose to see it I either move some windows over or page the desktop to a clean desktop. I don't spend a lot of time staring at it.

Most newer USB flash drives don't have an LED, though that's a factor that I consider. In conky, the user can set Disk I/O read and write for the USB device and that will not only show activity, but speed. In other words, it's not just eye candy. Here is the code that I use for that:

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${color light blue} /dev/sdg R $color${diskio_read /dev/sdg} ${color light blue} W $color${diskio_write /dev/sdg}

[woodyb12]

Yep! Because I install and use a lot of VMs to learn how to do different stuff; and I can keep track of resource usage as I fire-up more VMs.

[AA BB]

manyroads: I got your Dec 16 conky download up and running... it captures all the info I need in a conky...many thanks for making it available

[manyroads]

manyroads: I got your Dec 16 conky download up and running... it captures all the info I need in a conky...many thanks for making it available

You are welcome. Enjoy.