update_interval: How many seconds Conky waits before refreshing itself. Even a "1.0" value shouldn't affect performance too much on a modern system, but if you're not looking for real-time system ...

The desktop customization ecosystem is rife with cool utilities capable of transforming dull setups into slick environments. Rainmeter is one such tool, though its Windows-only restriction may sound ...

No matter how much you change your desktop background image and switch distro themes, staring at the same computer’s screen day in and day out can become humdrum. Conky can be used to decorate the ...

Reader Dave, inspired by our posts on the Linux desktop tool Conky, keeps tasks, weather, and even Twitter replies on hand, along with a stylish clock. Here's how you can re-create and modify his ...

# Linux with 32-bit arch and there doesn't # seem to be a way to know how many times # it has already done that before torsmo # has started.

I know there are several OS X system monitoring tools out there (e.g., iStat, iPulse, GeekTool, etc.), but is there anything out there that is as flexible (and pretty) as Conky on Linux? It doesn't ...