ConkyWizard is a wizard to set up Conky on Ubuntu, without knowledge of its use. Currently the program is customized for Ubuntu Lucid & has been written in C++ using Qt 4.6 libraries. This program really makes it simple for you to edit conky without any actual knowledge of its .conkyrc editing thingy.

Download :- ConkyWizard V1.0 beta1

Install it :-Firstly install conky :

sudo apt-get install conky

See installation details in our previous post.

Now, extract the file by right clicking the downloaded file and “extract here”or type the following :-

tar zxf ConkyWizard_32bits_V1.0_Beta1.tar.gz

Goto the destination folder and double click the ConkyWizard file. The wizard will open, you can copy the same to your desktop for easy access. Make sure you enter the right filename while extracting using gzip.

Using it :- Using Conky wizard is really easy, just a matter of few clicks.

1. At first, the wizard shows welcome screen. Click Next.
2. Now, select location of Conky panel, transparency, fonts & colors & then click next.
3. Select position and size of panel and click next.
4. The next screen will ask you to configure “Widgets” to be displayed on your panel.
5. Last step: Setup your Conky Startup configuration and click finish.

Note :- To get the sensors to work, install lm-sensors :

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors

sudo sensors-detect

sudo service module-init-tools start

You may need to restart your computer to get things to work properly.

Any queries regarding this post or anything else can be asked here.

Njoy !!!

Conky is a free, lightweight system monitor for GNU/Linux/BSD, that displays any information on your desktop i.e Cpu usage, Disk usage, Download/Upload speeds, CPU/Hard Disk temperatures, list of programs with pid (taking max cpu) etc . Originally a fork of Torsmo, Conky’s torsmo-based code is BSD licensed. New code in Conky has been licensed under the GPL 3.0.

Over the years, Conky has changed significantly from its predecessor, while maintaining simplicity and configurability. Conky can display just about anything, either on your root desktop or in its own window. Not only does Conky have many built-in objects, it can also display just about any piece of information by using scripts and other external programs.

Features : It has more than 300 built-in objects including support for :

• A big list of OS stats (username, uptime, CPU usage, memory usage, download, upload, disk usage, “top” like process stats, and network monitoring, just to name a few)
• Built in IMAP and POP3 support
• Built in support for many popular music players (MPD, XMMS2, BMPx, Audacious)
• Can be extended using built in Lua support, or any of your own scripts and programs.
• Built in Imlib2 and Cairo bindings for arbitrary drawing with Lua.

and much much more….

Conky can display this info either as text, or using simple progress bars and graph widgets, with different fonts and colors.

Download :- Conky 1.8.0

Install :- You can directly install conky using the terminal, just type in :

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install conky

OR

You can also install it from the source itself. Just download the Conky from above link and place the downloaded file in /home/user directory and typein

$tar zxf conky-1.8.0.tar.gz

$cd /home/user/conky-1.8.0

$ ./configure –prefix=/usr –enable-x11 –enable-mpd

$ make

$ make install

Note: You’ll need the X11 development libraries, version 6.8.2 or later. package name is probably libx11-dev on Ubuntu, as well as the development libraries for any additional features and do make sure you have “build-essential” package before trying to install from sources

Getting it to Work :

Launch Conky by typing in

sudo /usr/bin/conky

Type in the root password and press enter & you will see conky running on your Desktop.

Styling it up : Conky by default gives a very gloomy dark look but you can edit to look awesome and display content according to your choice. The Conkyrc file resides in /home/user directory and you can edit it. All you need to do is to edit your .conkyrc. Use

sudo vi /home/user/.conkyrc

and edit it accordingly.

Here are 10 really good conky scripts that will make your desktop look great. The download & instructions are on the respective pages :

1) Ubuntu Lucid – Gnome

2) Ubuntu Blue -KDE

3) WoW Light Worldwide

4) Conky Flavors

5) The Perfect Conky Setup

6) Conky blue by vsv

7) ConkyTransmission

8 ) Ubuntu simplified

9) Mi – Ubuntu

10) New Dark Desktop

Just download these (extract the files if any). Locate conky script and open it with any text editor (say gedit) and copy all the content and then type :

sudo gedit /home/user/.conkyrc

Repalce the old content with the new code from the downloaded file, save it & exit. Now type

sudo /usr/bin/conky

and enjoy all new conky !

You can also add Conky to your startup. You can get more conky scripts from Gnome-look.org. Just go there in the search box type “Conky” and done. Download and install awesome scripts from there and give a new look to your Desktop.

Note: ‘/user’ must be replaced by your own username.

Any questions regarding the post can be asked here.

Njoy Conky !

• An Ubuntu Installation Disk/USB PenDrive (Refer Here For How to Boot Ubuntu From PenDrive)
• A bit of telephonic conversation with the support guy (me in this case) and a good Internet Connection

• Just pop your CD into your CD/DVD Drive and boot through it to the Live environment.
• Now go to the Network Manager Applet (top right) and configure your internet connection from there so that you may be able to connect to the “The Support Guy”
  (For Connecting to Internet Refer this Forum Post)
• Done with connecting to internet, now is the time to Download TeamViewer
• Run the deb package you downloaded and click “Install Package”
• Go To Applications -> Internet – >TeamViewer
  An ID and Password will be generated on the left automatically.
• Just provide the ID and the Password to “The Support Guy” and leave the rest on him. (Refer This For Installing Ubuntu)

Note: This procedure has been tested for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx and may or maynot work with older versions of Ubuntu

So, finally the Ubuntu 10.04 “Lucid Lynx” LTS is released.

Here are the Torrent files for you to download from:

i386: http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

AMD64: http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent

For HTTP/FTP downloads, kindly visit this link: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Create professional documents and presentations

OpenOffice.org is fully compatible with Microsoft Office and has everything you need to create professional documents, spreadsheets and presentations. OpenOffice.org is easy to use, packed with the features you need and completely free.

Email and chat

Get chatting with Empathy. Quickly integrate your chat accounts from Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Jabber, AOL, QQ and many more. Evolution Mail provides easy, intuitive email.

Buy music while you listen

New in 10.04. Ubuntu’s new music player includes an integrated store, so you can buy and download new tracks with just a few clicks. And thanks to Ubuntu One’s file-sharing magic you can store your music online and listen to it from other computers and music players. Ubuntu works with most music and media players.

Mobilise your digital life!

All Ubuntu users get a free Ubuntu One account. Ubuntu One allows you to store all kinds of files online so you can access them anywhere. Store bookmarks, contacts, music and pictures. Take everything everywhere with Ubuntu One.

Accessibility

At the core of the Ubuntu philosophy is the belief that computing is for everyone and access should be free and complete whatever your economic or physical circumstances.

Hope you enjoy Ubuntu 10.04 LTS !

So all of you who were waiting like me to see the change.

Finally after being a day late, Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Beta 1 is out!

For those of you who are eager to download please follow the following links:

Beta 1: Dowload Now (x86)  |  Download Now (x64)

Take a look here: