I was looking in the lmde forums and i looked at this thread http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=54809
I am really curious on how i can do stuff like this. to start can someone tell me how to get my desktop to show my cpu usage ram etc
i know that that has a debian base but they are both still gnome
thanks
nate
how to customize my desktop
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nate11
how to customize my desktop
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zengeek
Re: how to customize my desktop
I've marked the second post as spam.
There's a lot of different widgets/desklets/screenlets that will show that info.
Most people use Conky though. This requires installing conky and writing a special conky script which specifies what info you want and where you want it. The easiest way is to go to Conky Hardcore, or google conky scripts and find one that you like, and copy&paste it into your own conky settings. Obviously you need to install conky first.
Once you've got one up and running you can start fiddling with the settings and adding bits from other peoples scripts or removing bits you don't need.
Once you become a super saiyan, you can write your own scripts for people to copy.
There's a lot of different widgets/desklets/screenlets that will show that info.
Most people use Conky though. This requires installing conky and writing a special conky script which specifies what info you want and where you want it. The easiest way is to go to Conky Hardcore, or google conky scripts and find one that you like, and copy&paste it into your own conky settings. Obviously you need to install conky first.
Once you've got one up and running you can start fiddling with the settings and adding bits from other peoples scripts or removing bits you don't need.
Once you become a super saiyan, you can write your own scripts for people to copy.
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nate11
Re: how to customize my desktop
zengeek wrote:I've marked the second post as spam.
Once you become a super saiyan, you can write your own scripts for people to copy.
good to know
thanks
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vrkalak
Re: how to customize my desktop
You might also, visit the Conky thread in this forum. Seems that all the Linux distro/OS Forums have a Conky thread.
Mint's famous Conky Show-off thread > http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=30209
Cruise through the screenshots of others users Conkys and copy and paste a Conky Script you like.
First, go to the Synaptic Manager and install 'conky'
Then copy and paste a selected conky script to your text editor.
Save as .conkyrc You don't have to tell the text editor where to save it - it knows.
To bring your Conky System Monitor to life > in a terminal, simply type conky <enter>
To view your conkyrc script, go to your File Manager and click on 'View' in the toolbar
Then, select 'Show Hidden Files' Then, scroll down until you find the .conkyrc script. Open in your text editor.
Once your Conky is running, any changes you make to the conkyrc script will show up immediately, after you 'save'
I am one of the Admins of a site called: Conky-Pitstop http://conky-pitstop.wikidot.com/
let's see - did I leave anything out? Oh yeah, you have questions about anything Linux - ask here.
Mint's famous Conky Show-off thread > http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=30209
Cruise through the screenshots of others users Conkys and copy and paste a Conky Script you like.
First, go to the Synaptic Manager and install 'conky'
Then copy and paste a selected conky script to your text editor.
Save as .conkyrc You don't have to tell the text editor where to save it - it knows.
To bring your Conky System Monitor to life > in a terminal, simply type conky <enter>
To view your conkyrc script, go to your File Manager and click on 'View' in the toolbar
Then, select 'Show Hidden Files' Then, scroll down until you find the .conkyrc script. Open in your text editor.
Once your Conky is running, any changes you make to the conkyrc script will show up immediately, after you 'save'
I am one of the Admins of a site called: Conky-Pitstop http://conky-pitstop.wikidot.com/
let's see - did I leave anything out? Oh yeah, you have questions about anything Linux - ask here.-
zengeek
Re: how to customize my desktop
There was actually a second post that was just full of ads. They seem to have removed it. Which is why I look crazy, like I'm talking about my own post being spam....nate11 wrote:zengeek wrote:I've marked the second post as spam.
Once you become a super saiyan, you can write your own scripts for people to copy.
good to know
thanks
Once you get to super saiyan 4 you can code in binary.
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nate11
Re: how to customize my desktop
i tried what vrkalak said and now when i try to run conky i get this message
Conky: missing text block in configuration; exiting
***** Imlib2 Developer Warning ***** :
This program is calling the Imlib call:
imlib_context_free();
With the parameter:
context
being NULL. Please fix your program.
not sure what to do now
Conky: missing text block in configuration; exiting
***** Imlib2 Developer Warning ***** :
This program is calling the Imlib call:
imlib_context_free();
With the parameter:
context
being NULL. Please fix your program.
not sure what to do now
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zengeek
Re: how to customize my desktop
Not sure, post the conky file and we can try and find if there's anything that calls 'imlib', or passes 'context' to another bit of code.nate11 wrote:i tried what vrkalak said and now when i try to run conky i get this message
Conky: missing text block in configuration; exiting
***** Imlib2 Developer Warning ***** :
This program is calling the Imlib call:
imlib_context_free();
With the parameter:
context
being NULL. Please fix your program.
not sure what to do now
I've seen conkys that refer to specifc parts of the operators hard drive, so they have to be modified before they work for anyone else, it might be something as simple as that.
Have you tried googling the error message?
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StanTheMan
Re: how to customize my desktop
The example you linked to in your first post , is fairly normal.
The two windows showing are just applications that are running ( a small window in upper left , and a bigger window lower right which is the File Manager.
The desktop background is from Themes which you can get by right-clicking the face of desktop and selecting Themes or Background.
You can customize the panel bars a lot by right-clicking on them and selecting properties and move them to different edges or widen them and add or remove buttons.
The two windows showing are just applications that are running ( a small window in upper left , and a bigger window lower right which is the File Manager.
The desktop background is from Themes which you can get by right-clicking the face of desktop and selecting Themes or Background.
You can customize the panel bars a lot by right-clicking on them and selecting properties and move them to different edges or widen them and add or remove buttons.