Slackware 12.2 - Installing conky 
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[http://conky.sourceforge.net/](http://conky.sourceforge.net/)

Public domain
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### Installation
    
    cd /usr/src
    wget "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/conky/conky/1.7.2/conky-1.7.2.tar.bz2?use_mirror=garr" 
    tar jxf conky-1.7.2.tar.bz2
    cd conky-1.7.2
    ./configure \
      --prefix=/usr/local/conky  \
      --enable-audacious=yes     \
      --enable-curl              \
      --enable-rss               \
      --enable-weather-metar     \
      --enable-weather-xoap      \
      --disable-lua
    make && make install
    
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### ~/.conkyrc
    
    background yes
    use_xft yes
    xftfont 80:size=7
    xftalpha 0.1
    update_interval 0.5
    total_run_times 0
    own_window yes
    own_window_type normal
    own_window_transparent yes
    #own_window_colour DarkSlateBlue
    own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
    double_buffer yes
    minimum_size 300 5
    maximum_width 300
    draw_shades no
    draw_outline no
    draw_borders no
    draw_graph_borders no
    default_color gray
    default_shade_color red
    default_outline_color green
    alignment top_right
    gap_x 10
    gap_y 10
    no_buffers no
    uppercase no
    cpu_avg_samples 2
    net_avg_samples 1
    override_utf8_locale yes
    use_spacer right
    text_buffer_size 256
    border_outer_margin 1
    border_width 1
    
    TEXT
    
    ${font Arial:size=20}${color Tan1}${alignc}Slack${color Ivory}Ware${font openlogos:size=20}
    ${font Arial:size=10}${color Tan1}${alignc}${execp date +"%A %B %e %Y"}${font openlogos:size=10}
    ${font Arial:size=10}${alignc}${color Ivory}${execp date +"%T %D"}${font openlogos:size=20}
    
    ${voffset -90} ${color DimGray}
    ${font}
    ${font Arial:bold:size=10}
    ${color Tan1}SYSTEM ${color DarkSlateGray} ${hr 2}
    $font${color DimGray}$sysname $kernel $alignr $machine
    $font${color DimGray}CPU frequency $alignr${freq_g}Ghz
    $font${color DimGray}Uptime $alignr${uptime}
    
    ${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Tan1}PROCESSORS ${color DarkSlateGray}${hr 2}
    $font${color DimGray}CPU1  ${cpu cpu1}% ${cpubar cpu1}
    $font${color DimGray}CPU2  ${cpu cpu2}% ${cpubar cpu2}
    ${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Tan1}MEMORY ${color DarkSlateGray}${hr 2}
    $font${color DimGray}MEM $alignc $mem / $memmax $alignr $memperc%
    $membar
    $font${color DimGray}SWAP $alignc $swap / $swapmax $alignr $swapperc%
    $swapbar
    
    ${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Tan1}HDD ${color DarkSlateGray}${hr 2}
    $font${color DimGray}/ $alignc ${fs_used /} / ${fs_size /} $alignr ${fs_used_perc /}%
    ${fs_bar /}
    /storage $alignc ${fs_used /storage} / ${fs_size /storage} $alignr ${fs_used_perc /storage}%
    ${fs_bar /storage}
    /mnt/usb $alignc ${fs_used /mnt/usb} / ${fs_size /mnt/usb} $alignr ${fs_used_perc /mnt/usb}%
    ${fs_bar /mnt/usb}
    
    ${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Tan1}TOP MEM USAGE ${color DarkSlateGray}${hr 2}
    ${color DimGray}$font${top_mem name 1}${alignr}${top mem 1} %
    $font${top_mem name 2}${alignr}${top mem 2} %
    $font${top_mem name 3}${alignr}${top mem 3} %
    $font${top_mem name 4}${alignr}${top mem 4} %
    $font${top_mem name 5}${alignr}${top mem 5} %
    
    ${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Tan2}NETWORK ${color DarkSlateGray}${hr 2}
    $font${color DimGray}eth0 $alignc ${addr eth0} $alignr ${downspeedf eth0}/${upspeedf eth0} kb/s
    ${downspeedgraph eth0 20,300 DarkSlateGray 702030 -t}
    $font${color DimGray}eth1 $alignc ${addr eth1} $alignr ${downspeedf eth1}/${upspeedf eth1} kb/s
    ${downspeedgraph eth1 20,300 DarkSlateGray 702030 -t}
    $font${color DimGray}ppp0 $alignc ${addr ppp0} $alignr ${downspeedf ppp0}/${upspeedf ppp0} kb/s
    ${downspeedgraph ppp0 20,300 DarkSlateGray 702030 -t}
    
    ${font Arial:bold:size=10}${color Tan2}MESSAGES ${color DarkSlateGray}${hr 2}
    $font${color DimGray}${execp tail -n 5 /var/log/messages | sed -e 's,.*challenger,,' | fold -sw 60}
    ${execp tail -n 5 /var/log/syslog | sed -e 's,.*challenger,,' |fold -sw 60}
    
    
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### Lunching
    
    /usr/local/conky/bin/conky
    
    
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### Resources
    
    http://conky.sourceforge.net/config_settings.html
    http://conky.sourceforge.net/variables.html
    http://conky.linux-hardcore.com/
    
    
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_BY: Pejman Moghadam_  
_TAG: conky_  
_DATE: 2009-12-19 15:17:22_