The way conky looks and what it can display can be (should be) altered, but more on that later.

Let’s get this puppy installed first.

Open up a terminal and past this:

sudo apt-get install conky

Then paste this for the old version:

zcat /usr/share/doc/conky/examples/conkyrc.sample.gz > ~/.conkyrc

And paste this for the new version:

zcat /usr/share/doc/conky/examples/conky.conf.gz > ~/.conkyrc

You can start conky with “alt+f2″ and typing “conky”. Or you could add it to the applications menu:

- right-click applications, go to system tools and press “add entry”
- name everything conky

Conky can do alot, you might want to take a look at these:

- Add gmail support
- Add weather forecasting support

Alot (alot alot) conky files can be found here.

Just paste the code you found there in .conkyrc (press ctrl+h to see the hidden files) in the home folder, after deleting it’s content.

You will have to restart x (ctrl+alt+backspace) or use the “killall conky” command in the terminal after you change the way it looks.

If you want conky to start at boot up you need to go to “system -> preferences -> session”, press “add” and type “conky” three times.


Here you can save the different conky skins:

click here