Conky Installation and configuration files

1. Installation

sudo apt-get install Conky
zcat/usr/share/doc/conky/examples/conky.conf.gz > ~/.CONKYRC

You may be prompted not to find the file.

2. Edit the configuration file

sudo gedit ~/.CONKYRC

Add the following content:

Use_spacer Right
Use_xft Yes
Font Microsoft yahei:size=8
Xftfont Microsoft yahei:size=8
#xftfont Wenquanyi Zen hei:pixelsize=12
Override_utf8_locale Yes
Update_interval 1.0
Own_window Yes
Own_window_type Normal
Own_window_transparent Yes
Own_window_hints Undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
Double_buffer Yes
Minimum_size 206 5
Maximum_width 400
Draw_shades Yes
Draw_outline No
Draw_borders No
Draw_graph_borders No
Default_color FFFFFF
Default_shade_color 000000
Default_outline_color 000000
Alignment Top_right
Gap_x 10
Gap_y 30
Cpu_avg_samples 2
Uppercase No # set to Yes if you want all text to is in uppercase

TEXT
${font Microsoft Yahei:style=bold:pixelsize=30}${alignc}${time%h:%m:%s}
${font Microsoft Yahei:pixelsize=18}${alignc}${time%b%d Day week%a}${font Microsoft yahei:pixelsize=12}
${color #ffd700}${hr 1} $color
${color #98c2c7} host Name: ${color #db7093} $ALIGNR $nodename
${color #98c2c7} kernel: ${color #db7093} $ALIGNR $kernel
${color #98c2c7} powered on: ${color #db7093} $ALIGNR $uptime
${color #98c2c7}ip Address: ${color #db7093} ${alignr} ${addr eth0}
${color #98c2c7}cpu usage: ${color #db7093} $ALIGNR $cpu%
${color #78af78} $cpubar
${color #ddaa00} ${top name 1} $ALIGNR ${top CPU 1}
${color Lightgrey} ${top Name 2} $ALIGNR ${top CPU 2}
${color Lightgrey} ${top name 3} $ALIGNR ${top CPU 3}
${color #98c2c7} physical Memory: ${color #4169e1} $alignr ${color} $mem ${color #98c2c7}/${color} $memmax ${color #4169e1}${color # db7093} $memperc%
${color #78af78}${membar}
${color #98c2c7} root partition: ${color}${alignr}${fs_free/}/${fs_size/}
${color #78af78}${fs_bar 4/}
${color #98c2c7}home partition: ${color}${alignr}${fs_free/home}/${fs_size/home}
${color #78af78}${fs_bar 4/home}
${color #98c2c7} download speed: ${color} ${downspeed eth0} k/s
${color #98c2c7} upload speed: ${color} ${upspeed eth0} k/s
${color #ffd700}${hr 1} $color

3. Random Start:

Create a script file that reads as follows:

#!/bin/bash

Sleep 8 && Conky

Then add it to the startup application.