conky

[TheDoctor]

Yeah, I would also suggest searching for a premade one. And modify that one to your liking.

[Canoris]

sudo apt-get install conky
nano ~/.conkyrc
PASTE:

Code:

# UBUNTU-CONKY
#

# Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus)
own_window yes
own_window_type override
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager

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

# fiddle with window
use_spacer right
use_xft yes

# Update interval in seconds
update_interval 3.0

# Minimum size of text area
minimum_size 200 800

# Draw shades?
draw_shades no

# Text stuff
draw_outline no # amplifies text if yes
draw_borders no
font arial
uppercase no # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase

# Stippled borders?
stippled_borders 3

# border margins
border_margin 9

# border width
border_width 10

# Default colors and also border colors, grey90 == #e5e5e5
default_color grey

own_window_colour brown
own_window_transparent yes

# Text alignment, other possible values are commented
#alignment top_left
alignment top_right
#alignment bottom_left
#alignment bottom_right

# Gap between borders of screen and text
gap_x 10
gap_y 10

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

text_buffer_size 1024

# stuff after ‘TEXT’ will be formatted on screen

TEXT
$color${font arial:size=9}
$nodename@$sysname $kernel on $machine${font arial:size=8}
Battery ${battery_bar 6 BAT0}

${color orange}CPU $color
${freq}MHz${alignr}Load: ${loadavg}
${alignr}${loadgraph 20,250 e5e5e5 F1AA0E}
CPU Total:${color} ${cpu cpu0}% ${color}${alignr}Temp:${color} ${acpitemp}
${alignr}${cpugraph 0 20,250 e5e5e5 F1AA0E}
Core one: ${color}${cpu cpu1}% ${alignr} Core two: ${color}${cpu cpu2}%
${cpugraph 1 20,120 e5e5e5 F1AA0E}${alignr}${cpugraph 2 20,120 e5e5e5 F1AA0E}
NAME${alignr}PID         CPU%        MEM%
${top name 1}${alignr}${top pid 1}       ${top cpu 1}          ${top mem 1}  
${top name 2}${alignr}${top pid 2}       ${top cpu 2}          ${top mem 2}  
${top name 3}${alignr}${top pid 3}       ${top cpu 3}          ${top mem 3}  
${top name 4}${alignr}${top pid 4}       ${top cpu 4}          ${top mem 4}  

${color orange}MEMORY / DISK $color
Total: ${color}${memmax} ${alignr} Free: ${color}${memfree}
RAM: $memperc% ${alignr}Swap: $swapperc%
${memgraph 20,120 e5e5e5 F1AA0E} ${alignr} ${swapbar 20,120 }
root: ${fs_used_perc /}% ${fs_bar 6 /}$color
home: ${fs_used_perc /home/tmo}% ${fs_bar 6 /home/tmo}$color

${color orange}WIFI (${addr wlan0}) $color
${wireless_essid wlan0} ${wireless_link_bar 6 wlan0}
Down: $color${downspeed wlan0} k/s ${alignr}Up: ${upspeed wlan0} k/s
${downspeedgraph wlan0 20,120 e5e5e5 F1AA0E} ${alignr}${upspeedgraph wlan0
20,120 e5e5e5 F1AA0E}$color
Total: ${totaldown wlan0} ${alignr}Total: ${totalup wlan0}
Inbound: ${tcp_portmon 1 32767 count} Outbound: ${tcp_portmon 32768
61000 count}${alignr}Total: ${tcp_portmon 1 65535 count}

${color orange}LOGGING $color
${font arial:size=7}${execi 30 tail -n 10 /var/log/messages | fold -w45}

source: http://www.clububuntu.com/2009/03/instal...eight.html
Finished result:

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[Socrates]

Thanks dude.

[Detective RooTz]

What the hell is conky? Is that compiz?

If you would of done what that one user said and google'd it you would of known

It shows your system stats on the desktop as far as i can tell.

It actually isn't just that, it can be for generally anything. Show players show files in use etc.

[Canoris]

If you would of done what that one user said and google'd it you would of known

I'm quite sure you think a lot of Google, and the method of "googling". But I'd prefer someone to tell me sometimes then having to depend on a search engine all the time.

[Detective RooTz]

I'm quite sure you think a lot of Google, and the method of "googling". But I'd prefer someone to tell me sometimes then having to depend on a search engine all the time.

I don't, It saves you time. If I have a problem like I'm going to wait on someone else. Google get's it done faster. I dont' have time, I am a PAID PHP website developer so I have crap I have to code if a script or something goes wrong and IDK what it is I need to know and fast.

[Canoris]

I don't, It saves you time. If I have a problem like I'm going to wait on someone else. Google get's it done faster. I dont' have time, I am a PAID PHP website developer so I have crap I have to code if a script or something goes wrong and IDK what it is I need to know and fast.

Difference of lifestyle.

[Detective RooTz]

I know, I'm just saying sometimes it's better to just use google xD

[Canoris]

I know, I'm just saying sometimes it's better to just use google xD

And sometimes it is.