Summary
Want to give your Linux desktop a personal touch?
Lets explore how you might make your Linux experience uniquely yours!
Conky: Customizable Widgets for Your Linux Desktop
Conky is a light-weight system monitor software for Linux.
Jordan Gloor / How-To Geek
ThinkRainmeter, but a lot more powerful.
If you arent running Ubuntu, check out theofficial Conky documentationfor help with installation.
Next, we’ll load the base Conky software.
To make things easy for ourselves, we’ll add the repository for Conky Manager.
Let’s ensure youre downloading the latest version of Conky Manager by again updating our packages.
Now, install version 2 of Conky Manager.
Youve successfully installed Conky and Conky Manager on your system.
A more streamlined and user-friendly approach is using Conky Manager.
It gives you a GUI interface with a list of all installed Conky widgets and themes on your PC.
The names appear as complete paths to the specific file.
you’re free to activate or deactivate the widgets by clicking on the checkboxes for each widget.
By default, the Conky Manager comes with a number of widgets, but they arent eye-catching enough.
Installing Conky Themes
For this demonstration, Ill drop in the victorConky Theme.
To do this, visit itsdownload page, punch Files, and download the .zip file.
Once downloaded, visit the containing folder and extract the file.
For the Conky widget to work, youll first need to drop in the provided fonts.
Open it, and you should see a list of new widgets added.
I personally liked the LinuxLarge widget and use it on my system.
you’re free to enable it by clicking the checkbox beside it.
For more Conky themes, you could visit thePling StoreorDeviant Art.
Conky themes come in all shapes, sizes, and functionality.
Complex Conky Themes from good developers will have a detailed installation guide.
Simply follow the instructions specific to the theme to install it on your system.
Youre all set to start your journey to a more personalized and functional Linux desktop experience.
So go ahead, experiment, and make your desktop truly your own!
