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Conky in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

londonali1010 — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:22:33 +0000

Normally I like to keep this blog as distro-neutral as possible, but since lots of you are finding your way here via Googling for info on Conky in Ubuntu 9.10, I thought it prudent to reprint my quick guide to the packages that you will find in the Karmic repos, as they have changed so significantly from previous repository versions, and may be a tad confusing...

If you currently use the Conky package from the Jaunty repos, you'll be on version 1.6.1. The latest release is now 1.7.2, and is available in the Karmic repos.

However, there are now four versions of Conky in the Karmic repos! The four versions now available are:

conky
conky-all
conky-cli
conky-std

(First, I should point out that conky and conky-all are actually the same install...conky is in reality just a metapackage that will install the conky-all package. It is there to protect users currently using the repo conky package from upgrading and having things break. The other two packages are options for those who want to have a lighter or minimal Conky install...Further explanation below.)

From the package documentation, here is a brief explanation of the differences between the packages:

conky-cli is a basic package that can be useful in servers or piped with dzen2.
It includes the following support:
MPD, MOC, math, apcupsd and I/O stats

conky-std should be a good compromise for most users that do not need special features.
It includes the following support:
X11, XDamage, XDBE, Xft, MPD, MOC, math, hddtemp, portmon, wireless, ALSA mixer, apcupsd, I/O stats and lua

conky-all includes almost all of the available support:
X11, XDamage, XDBE, Xft, MPD, MOC, math, hddtemp, portmon, RSS, curl, Weather (METAR and XOAP), wireless, IBM, nvidia, eve-online, Imlib2, ALSA mixer, apcupsd, I/O stats, Lua and Lua bindings for the cairo and imlib2 libraries

It is highly advised that you upgrade to one of these packages as soon as you can, as the conky metapackage will eventually be removed.

Please feel free to post a comment here if you need any further explanation!

10,000 posts: Congrats to Ubuntu Forums’ Conky thread!

londonali1010 — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:47:42 +0000

This is just a quick post to say congratulations to everyone over on the Conky thread at Ubuntu Forums: they ticked over their 10,000th post on Friday, 23rd October! It's one of the most active Conky threads I've ever seen (if not the most active EVER!) and took just three years and two days to get to 10,000 posts, an average of just under 10 posts a day.

Whilst the Ubuntu Forums thread has contributions from users of all distros, if you'd like to check out some other distro-specific Conky threads, here are a few to get you started:

If I've left out your favourite thread, post a link in the comments and let me know!

Conky 1.7.2 Available in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Repositories

londonali1010 — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:46:47 +0000

Just for Ubuntu users: I've put together a quick guide to the Conky packages that will be available in the Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala repositories. Â (The Karmic release is scheduled for 29 October, 2009.)

If you are interested, please check it out over on the Ubuntu Forums.