conky

Light-weight system monitor for X. More information: https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky.

• Launch with default, built-in config:

conky

• Create a new default config:

conky -C > ~/.conkyrc

• Launch Conky with a given configuration file:

conky -c path/to/config

• Start in the background (daemonize):

conky -d

• Align Conky on the desktop:

conky -a top|bottom|middle_left|right|middle

• Pause for 5 seconds at startup before launching:

conky -p 5