In the same way with “ alignment” we can now adjust the position of Conky to top, bottom, center in short wherever we want. And save the file using Ctrl+X, Y and press the Enter key. In the file, change the alighment='top_left‘ value to right as shown in the below screenshot. In the above screenshot we can see the Conky placement on the left side by default, thus to move to to right and perform further configuration we will edit its configuration file. Well, we can configure it further to change its location, appearance, and more… However, after install in the standard configuration, you will see the Conky system monitor on the left side of the screen in black and white color which could be dull and boring for some users. For example, you could show sports results or news about certain keywords. It is not just limited to this, furthermore, the user can also access third-party scripts, programs, and websites. In CentOS, Fedora, or RHEL systems sudo nano /etc/xdg/autostart/sktopĬonky can use over 300 integrated objects to display various information or values such as for CPU, RAM and hard drives, email accounts, various music players, processes, network traffic, and much more. To Save the file press Ctrl+X then type Y and hit the Enter Key. In Ubuntu or Debian based system: sudo nano ~/.config/autostart/sktop

However, to start Conky automatically with system boot up, we need to set it as a startup application. Once the installation is completed to start this tool, the user just needs to type conky & in the Terminal whereas on CentOS to RHEL type. Start Conky with the boot as Autostart application #copy AppImage to /opt directory for safety.

RHEL or CentOS 7 or 8 Visit this URL- and download the latest version of Conky App Image.įiles downloaded through browser go to Downloads directory, thus switch to that- cd DownloadsĪnd run the below commands one by one. Here we are using its ready-made standard configuration and store it hidden in the home directory with the name ”. Then it’s time to create a configuration file. If you want a slimmed-down version, you can use the standard version. The installation is very easy, let’s install it completely with all functions: sudo apt-get install conky-all Pre-built Conky Configuration files Conky system monitor installation on Linux Ubuntu

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