conky-config

My personal conky configuration files for dark desktop backgrounds.

Installation

Download the .conky.d/ and .covers/ directories and put them in your HOME directory. .conky.d/ contains all the conky configuration files and the associated scripts, .covers/ is used by conkyrc_mpd to save the downloaded covers.

Each conkyrc file can be run independently. For example, you can run conkyrc_clock using:

conky -c ~/.conky.d/conkyrc_clock

Note that conkyrc_updates is meant for Archlinux system only (it uses the package manager pacman).

Configuration

Several conkyrc files uses external scripts, written either in Python 3 or Lua. Since the Lua scripts uses the cairo library, conky needs to be compile with both Lua and cairo support.

In addition, some scripts must be tweaked for your own system. More specifically:

• conkyrc_cpu assumes the system has 4 CPU and conky_disk is setup for a system with /root, /var, /home, /boot on different partitions and with an additional disk mounted on /mnt/Storage. As a result, you will have to adapt these configuration file and the associated Lua scripts to your system specifications.
• conkyrc_network monitors two wired interfaces named enp11s0 and enp13s0. Adapt those names to match your interfaces (you can list them using ifconfig).
• In conkyrc_weather_simple, you need to change the ICAO code corresponding to the city you wish to monitor;

The fonts DejaVu Sans Mono and Verdana are used more or less in all the configuration files. conkyrc_network also use the font PizzaDude Bullets to display the upload and download arrows.

Credits to the original author of paconky, which have been modified for use with this conky setup.