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

[imschmeg]

Does anyone know of a way to make conky clickable: have mouse-sensitive regions that launch scriptable commands? Or, does anyone know of an alternative to conky that can do this? I've got a vertical wide Xfce panel with a bunch of generic monitor plugins that both give info and launch scripts when clicked. I'd prefer using conky or something like it that is desktop-neutral, so that I can try out things like MX fluxbox and antiX and keep a common panel-like interface. I've looked at gkrellm - but most links about it are stale (and most pics showing it are, frankly, ugly). I've looked at polybar, but it doesn't look like it can be made vertical.

I'd like one region of my desktop that shows system info and all launchers, systray, window buttons, workspace pager, and scriptable clickable areas - but that is desktop neutral, vertical, wide enough to show horizontal text/info/graphs, and auto-hiding. An Xfce panel gives me that except obviously it is not desktop neutral. Conky is missing the clickability, and so clickable features like systray, launchers, etc. Conky also doesn't have a panel-like auto-hide capability. One can put a conky in a normal window that can then be raised/lowered as needed and made visible on all workspaces - I would probably not mind that if I could solve the other issues with conky.

Anyway: so I don't currently use conky, and that's why.

[KoO]

Here is a youtube video from the maker of conky Brenden Matthews which was released Jan 2, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHtpLEoRKmg Conky: An Introduction

Conky github https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky latest version from 14 Aug Conky v1.11.5

@imschmeg I have been wondering the same thing lately (make conky clickable) specially after using polybar lately which has dropdown or popup scripts running from xdotool.

Also a good place to ask would be here at bunsenlabs https://forums.bunsenlabs.org/viewforum.php?id=9 they have some awesome conky scriptwriters.

[gimcrack]

Yes, I have Conky on my Desktop. I don't see it much, I still like it and it's more of a show off thing then anything.

http://i.imgur.com/E2oXDms.png

[Asrael]

I was using the MX-Cowon_more_small_sys mainly because I like the look of it but I've had a couple of lockups in the last two days which made me suspect a CPU issue (possibly temp related) so I'm now using AP-info-debianUpdates-coloursMod-oldsyntx to keep an eye on that. I've changed the default colours to something which suits me better.
One slight irritation is that the top line showing uptime etc. moves backward and forward as it appears to be right-justified.
This means that when the uptime changes from 1h 31m 9s to 1h 31m 10s, the line jumps one character to the left. If the conky had been programmed to show single digits a "09s" this would have been avoided.
Small gripe? Yes but it will likely drive me nuts over the longer term.

[elementaryOX]

No, I dont!
Because: I cannot find a need for. I prefer a cleaned up desktop. And Quick System Info es a great tool :-)
There is plenty of RAM (64 GB), plenty of diskspace (2,5 TB) processor heat never exeeds 39 degrees, (AMD Ryzen 3700 X) , amdgpu is lazy with 43, ( AMD 580)
There is no information of interest. I planned to heat my home with the computer, but it doesn't work. :-)

But Congatulations to the guys from MX Linux. I migrated in November from Windows 10 to Linux, have nearly tried out all the Repos there are. Finally MX Linux fit best (MX 19)
And - there were with the given hardware no issues at all! I love the whisker-menu. Made the categories mouse-sensible and ich run and seek every program installed with at maximum 2 clicks. This is why I installed MX Linux 19. [IF you -guys - make the start-menu-button mouse-sensible too - I could run every program with one click --- CONSIDER IT]
Except: Printer-Scanner Canon TS6250 the Scanner wouldn't work. Gscan2pdf and XSane did not find the scanner. I installed the Canon ScanGear-driver and all went well.

I have planned to keep windows on my old Laptop (6 year Asus) for emergency-case. But now it runs also with MX-Linux and - no issues at all.

Thanks for your work - and do not repair things, that are not broken :-)

[Salvo80]

Y
I really like it! It's also very useful to me 'cause at the moment I run MxLinux in an old desktop with only 2Gb RAM.
I keep it on the right (MX-geekytowerLogo + CPU temp), in my 16:9 display windows have enough space

[Maghdalena]

I'm planning on when I move to Linux to have MX installed on my system, Conky being a large part of why. But I was wondering since I'm new to Linux Can you see the temperature of external hard drives and the motherboard as well as the CPU temperature (like Speccy by Prirform), my husband really wants the option to see the temperature on the desktop all the time. Can I do that with Conky, or would PSensor or the Sensor that came with MX do a better job at that? BTW, I really like MX so far (using it in a VM so of course, it's not going to detect all that much.

[junoluna]

different conkys provide different information

some of the most basic ones only show the time and date

others give you a ream of valuable information ... not seen one that monitors an external HD temperature though

[jeffreyC]

Could conky monitor an external HDD temperature?
Yes, if you have a conky config that is written to read an external HDD sensor that you have installed.
Few people care about the temperature of their external HDD so you may need to do a good bit of liking to find one.

CPU and motherboard temperatures are of interest to more people, so those should be easier to find.
It is a good head start that you already know that your motherboard has physical temperature sensors, some do not and conky can only read sensors that exist.

[turtlebay777]

Y or N. N.

Y not. Useless.