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tomet

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Registered: 2013-12-25

Posts: 15

Edit live information/widget on desktop [SOLVED]

Hello everyone,

I'm rather new to Linux (having tried Mint before only) so please be patient with me

What I'd like to do is edit this widget like thing on the desktop where the keyboard shortcuts are shown. I've edited the shortcuts and added some and therefore I want to change that display too. How can I do that? I have searched on Google but the problem is that I don't really know how to call this information widget thing (but I'm sure you understand what I mean - Google didn't

Thanks for your support

Tony

Last edited by tomet (2013-12-27 14:18:10)

lowrider

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Registered: 2011-09-10

Posts: 702

Re: Edit live information/widget on desktop [SOLVED]

Search for conky or look here: http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=16909
This will get you started 

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damo

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Registered: 2011-11-24

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Re: Edit live information/widget on desktop [SOLVED]

Invaluable references here: Configuration
                                          Objects/Variables

Good tutorial here: Configure Conky System Monitor

The config for your desktop conky is .conkyrc, and is the best place to start playing with the configuration. Back it up first! If you mess up then the default file is  /etc/skel/.conkyrc

Happy hacking

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tomet

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Registered: 2013-12-25

Posts: 15

Re: Edit live information/widget on desktop [SOLVED]

A great thanks to both of you. The linked sites have helped me a lot and I have had success now.