update_interval: How many seconds Conky waits before refreshing itself. Even a "1.0" value shouldn't affect performance too much on a modern system, but if you're not looking for real-time system ...

No matter how much you change your desktop background image and switch distro themes, staring at the same computer’s screen day in and day out can become humdrum. Conky can be used to decorate the ...

Conky is pretty old (though not as old as GKrellM), and someone else could probably give you a more technical description than I can. It's a (mostly) text based monitoring tool that is hugely (almost ...

Reader Dave, inspired by our posts on the Linux desktop tool Conky, keeps tasks, weather, and even Twitter replies on hand, along with a stylish clock. Here's how you can re-create and modify his ...

Love to customize your Linux desktop? This lightweight distro is great fun for newbies and experts ...

I know there are several OS X system monitoring tools out there (e.g., iStat, iPulse, GeekTool, etc.), but is there anything out there that is as flexible (and pretty) as Conky on Linux? It doesn't ...