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CrunchBang Linux Conky Config

This is the default Conky config for CrunchBang Linux. It is fairly simple, see screenshot. It has been designed to be used as base to improve on.

The Conky config file is located at: ~/.conkyrc

## Default Conky Config for CrunchBang Linux
## http://crunchbang.org/projects/linux/

# set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background
background yes

# Use Xft?
use_xft yes

# Xft font when Xft is enabled
#xftfont Trebuchet MS:size=10
xftfont Sans:size=8

# Text alpha when using Xft
xftalpha 1

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 1.0

# This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting.
# Set to zero to run forever.
total_run_times 0

own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
#own_window_type override
own_window_type desktop
#own_window_type normal #use this if you want a nice shadow to appear around conky

# If own_window is yes, these window manager hints may be used
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

# Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone)
double_buffer yes

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 200 200

# Maximum width
maximum_width 200

# Draw shades?
draw_shades yes

# Draw outlines?
draw_outline no

# Draw borders around text
draw_borders no

# Draw borders around graphs
draw_graph_borders no

# Stippled borders?
# stippled_borders 8

# border margins
# border_margin 2

# border width
# border_width 1

# Default colors and also border colors
default_color white
default_shade_color black
default_outline_color white

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right
#alignment none

# Gap between borders of screen and text
# same thing as passing -x at command line
gap_x 12
gap_y 12

# Subtract file system buffers from used memory?
no_buffers yes

# set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase
uppercase no

# number of cpu samples to average
# set to 1 to disable averaging
cpu_avg_samples 2

# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale no

##############################################
##############################################

TEXT
SYSTEM INFO:
${hr}
Host:$alignr$nodename
Uptime:$alignr$uptime
RAM:$alignr$mem/$memmax
Swap usage:$alignr$swap/$swapmax
Disk usage:$alignr${fs_used /}/${fs_size /}
Processor #1:$alignr${cpu cpu1}%


SHORTCUT KEYS:
${hr}
Alt+F2$alignr Run Dialog
Win+t$alignr Terminal
Win+f$alignr File Manager
Win+e$alignr Editor
Win+m$alignr Media Player
Win+w$alignr Web Browser
Win+g$alignr Graphics Editor
Win+o$alignr OpenOffice.org
Win+l$alignr Lock Screen
Win+v$alignr Volume Control
PrtSc$alignr Screenshot

External Links

• Conky homepage
• Conky variables