5 Great Sources of Conky Inspiration
So, I think we're all on the same page by now: Conky is a fantastic system monitor, but it can also be a nice little bit of eye-candy for your desktop. Once you've got a handle on the basics, you'll probably be looking for inspiration for your next great Conky config. Here are my top 5 favourite places to look, when I'm after ideas for a new Conky setup...
Browsing the Conky documentation may not seem particularly inspiring, but you'd be surprised! I've found some of my favourite variables just by reading through the variable list...Variables I would probably not have learned about any other way. For instance, it was here that I discovered the $scroll variable, which scrolls text inside a set number of characters. It was also here that I stumbled upon the $if_updatenr variable, which counts the number of updates and can display a different set of outputs for each one.
4. The Ubuntu Forums Conky Screenshot Thread
The biggest active thread I've found devoted to Conky, this baby boasts over 900 pages (at last count)...That's over nine THOUSAND posts of screenshots, hints, tips and troubleshooting. It's also frequented by some of the most prolific and best Conkyists out there, so you're dealing with the best of the best.
3. Conky Wiki
The Conky Wiki is where new releases are described in the most detail, with feature tours, screenshots and code snippets. It's the best place to browse the latest features and get ideas on how to implement them.
2. The Lifehacker Desktop Show and Tell Pool on Flickr
It's not all about Conky in this Flickr pool; it's a real mix of Mac OS, Linux distros and Windows. There are some absolutely awesome shots on here, from Conky to Rainmeter to Geektool to Samurize and beyond...If you want some real artistic inspiration, this is the place to look.
Hands down, the best place to look for Conky inspiration is Conky Hardcore! Captured from all over the 'net, Conky Hardcore! compiles the best and brightest ideas for Conky...and tells you how to achieve them on your own system. Whether you're a novice or an expert, Conky Hardcore! should definitely be in your bookmark list.
And finally...
So those are my top 5 resources for Conky inspiration...What are yours?
October 20th, 2009 - 08:12
You can find hundreds of conkies in gnome-look.org with screenshots and instructions.
You have to type conky at the search box.
That’s the place I first heard about conky.
One of the most popular is this:
http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/CONKY-colors?content=92328
I hope that this blog will be my inspiration from now on
Good luck with your new blog!