Alter Ego

Ever wanted to have something on your Ubuntu desktop that displays your current system status? Things like, CPU and memory usage, network monitoring and HDD space?

Fortunately there's a way to do this in Ubuntu. It's a small program called Conky. Do the usual thing to get installed.

sudo apt-get install conky

Now here comes the hard part. You are going to need a configuration file. It must be placed in your home directory (/home/your_username). The name of the file MUST BE .conkyrc.

Now, to get one, the easiest way is to go to here and get any of the configurations file that suits your taste.

Once you are done with that, open up a terminal and type this in.

conky

.. and watch your desktop :)

Tips: In order to make it easier for you to launch this application, you can create a shortcut for it and place it on your desktop.

Thanks a bunch to the awesome community of UbuntuForums.