conky-config

Full Lua Conky configuration

Features

• 100% lua
• all static informations are only loaded once at conky startup
• internet-dependent caching of information
• modular: everything is configurable in configuration file without editing lua code

Category	Description
Basic informations	Date, time, hostname
Desktop uptime	Uptime since last wake up (or system is up)
Stock market live	1 customizable stock market index
Hardware informations	RAM, CPU usage, CPU temperature & battery statuses (or architecture if not a laptop)
System informations	Boot, OS, kernel & gnome versions
Network	Private & public IPs v4/v6 & routes
Storage mountPoints	Partitions informations with customizable blacklist
Storage raids	mdadm software raids status
Customization	1 customizable logo

Installation

Clone this repo to ~/.config/conky/JayBeeDe

sudo apt-get install jq fonts-font-awesome lua-json lua-socket lua-sec mokutil
git clone git@github.com:JayBeeDe/conky-config.git ~/.config/conky/JayBeeDe
ln -s ~/.config/conky/JayBeeDe ~/.config/conky/default

Install required font dependency from third-part website:

mkdir -p "${HOME}/.local/share/fonts/"
curl -sSL "https://font.download/dl/font/ge-inspira.zip" -o "/tmp/ge-inspira.zip"
unzip "/tmp/ge-inspira.zip" -d "${HOME}/.local/share/fonts"
chmod -R +x "${HOME}/.local/share/fonts"
rm -f "/tmp/ge-inspira.zip"

Then start script with following command:

cd $HOME/.config/conky/default
conky --config=default.conf --alignment=top_right -x 5

Make ajustements, when you are satisfied and that console doesn't show any dependencies issues, you can configure it to start automatically at session start by adding the following file into ~/.config/autostart/conky.desktop:

[Desktop Entry]
DBusActivatable=false
Exec=bash -c "cd $HOME/.config/conky/default; conky --config=default.conf --alignment=top_right -x 5 --daemonize"
Icon=Conky
Name=Conky
Name[en_US]=Conky
Name[fr_FR]=Conky
NoDisplay=false
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Version=1.0