Advanced conky, based on black perl conky, focuses on system monitoring. Setup:
- sudo apt install conky-all
- Copy all file in folder to /etc/conky/
git clone https://github.com/dmknght/conky && cd conky
sudo cp config* /etc/conky/.
sudo cp -r lua /etc/conky/.
sudo cp startup.sh /etc/conky/.
- Add conky to startup:
- Command
bash /etc/conky/startup.sh
- or
firejail --noprofile bash /etc/conky/startup.sh
for Parrot OS - WARNING YOU SHOULDN'T USE NO PROFILE OPTION FOR SECURITY RISKS. COMMAND EXECUTION FEATURE CAN BE USED FOR REMOTE COMMAND EXECUTION AND MALWARE INFECTION. MY CONFIGURATIONS ARE SAFE, BUT A RANDOM CONFIGURATION ON THE INTERNET MAY NOT.
- [Optional] Add
conky.desktop
shortcut to system
sudo cp conky.desktop /usr/share/applications/
Know bug:
- Connection panel disappeared or displayed wrong way when networking changed to no connection.
- Too many connection can make conky display over panel
- Conky may not show connecting proccesses under firejail sandbox
- Change
eth0
andwlan0
to your network inferface
- This configuration based on: Black pearl conky: https://github.com/bchretien/BlackPearlConky
- Fixed Transparent bug: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2371626
- IP addr regex: https://askubuntu.com/a/560466 (old configuration)
- IP addr showing in conky: https://askubuntu.com/a/673616
- Get current wireless SSID: https://askubuntu.com/a/117068