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User:WorldTripping

2010-09-30T23:33:01Z

WorldTripping:

[[Image:Openpandora_001.jpg|right|thumb|320px|The Pandora.]]
The Pandora is a combination of a seventh-generation handheld game console and miniature computer. It is the spiritual successor to other open handheld consoles such as the GP32 and GP2X. The device is open, meaning you can use it however you like and there are no restrictions or fees placed on developers, so anyone can write and release software for it. It runs a custom distribution of Linux based on [http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/ Ångström] and is currently the most powerful handheld gaming console available.

'''[http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Conky]''' is a system monitor for the X Window System. It is available for the Pandora from the Angstrom repository. Conky is highly configurable [http://www.linux.com/feature/136147 Expert's guide to configuring Conky] by Dmitri Popov[http://debaday.debian.net/2007/09/02/conky-highly-configurable-system-monitor-for-x/ Conky: highly configurable system monitor for X] by Casey Stamper on Debian.net</ref><ref name="Wieseler">[http://blog.kickino.org/archives/2006/09/25/T23_09_45/ GKrellM vs. Conky] by Sebastian Wieseler</ref> and is able to monitor many system variables including the status of the [[Central processing unit|CPU]], [[Random access memory|memory]], [[swap space]], [[disk storage]], temperatures, [[top (Unix)|processes]], [[network interface]]s, battery power, system messages, e-mail inboxes, [[Arch Linux]] updates, many popular music players ([[Music Player Daemon|MPD]], [[XMMS2]], [[BMPx]], [[Audacious Media Player|Audacious]]), and much more.<ref name="docs">[http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html Conky documentation]</ref> Unlike system monitors that use high-level [[widget toolkit]]s to render their information, Conky is drawn directly in an X window. This allows it to consume relatively fewer system resources when configured similarly.<ref name="mulander">[http://my.opera.com/mulander/blog/show.dml/403237 conky] review by mulander</ref><ref name="Sharma">[http://www.linux.com/articles/56931 CLI Magic: Lightweight Conky is a system monitor powerhouse] by Shashank Sharma on [[Linux.com]]</ref>

Conky has gained a strong following among many Linux and BSD enthusiasts, and was hailed as "''one of the best maintained, and definitely one of the most useful, programs in the world of open source''" according to Jan Rähm in a [http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/100/086-087_conky.pdf March 2009 article] in Linux Magazine.

== History ==
Conky is a fork of [http://torsmo.sourceforge.net/ torsmo], a system monitor that is no longer maintained. Torsmo, however, continues to be used in systems where applications that use minimal resources are preferred. Damn Small Linux, for example, runs torsmo in its desktop root window on the default installation of its Live CD.

== Common uses ==
While Conky is ideally suited for use as a system monitor, it can also be used to gather and display almost any type of information on the user's desktop (as well as in the command line, if one chooses). Conky can be extended with the [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] programming language, and uses its own [[Functional programming|functional]]-ish configuration file syntax. Conky features built-in support for several unrelated sources of information, but its biggest strength lies in its ability to be extended through scripting.

Conky has also been ported to devices such as the [[Nokia N900]]<ref name="n900">[http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/conky/ Nokia N900 Conky package]</ref>, and can be ported to practically any system with [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]] and an [[X Window System|X11]] implementation.

Users have created and distributed many customized scripts, demonstrating Conky's modularity and versatility in function and appearance. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865/ A thread] on the [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] forums has grown to over 1300 pages of users sharing their configurations.<ref name="rc_screens">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1645914 Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots]</ref><ref name="scripts">[http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Conky+scripts?content=52896 Conky scripts]</ref><ref name="gmail">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4219577 Conky Gmail Revisited]</ref><ref name="howto">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1194508 Howto: Get a beautiful Conky 1.4.2 setup]</ref>

== Usage example ==

A simple configuration for Conky which displays the time on a user's desktop is as follows:

<source lang="text">
update_interval 30

own_window yes
own_window_type desktop

use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans:size=14

alignment bottom_right

TEXT
${time %H:%M}
</source>

Default configuration file location is $HOME/.conkyrc or ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf. On most systems, sysconfdir is /etc, and you can find the sample config file there (/etc/conky/conky.conf).<ref name="docs" />

== Screenshots ==

<gallery>
Image:Arch Linux.png|Conky on [[Arch Linux]]
Image:Conkyonubuntu.png|Conky on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
Image:Conkyubuntu.png|Conky on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Lucid Lynx]]
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Free software}}
*[[GKrellM]]
*[[System monitor]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Commons category|Conky}}
*[http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Official website]
*[http://wiki.conky.be The Conky Wiki]
*{{Freshmeat|conky|Conky}}

User:WorldTripping

2010-09-30T23:24:51Z

WorldTripping:

== Overview ==
'''<ref>[http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Conky]</ref>''' is a system monitor for the X Window System. It is available for the Pandora in the Angstrom repository. Conky is highly configurable<ref name="Popov">[http://www.linux.com/feature/136147 Expert's guide to configuring Conky] by Dmitri Popov on [[Linux.com]]</ref><ref name="Stamper">[http://debaday.debian.net/2007/09/02/conky-highly-configurable-system-monitor-for-x/ Conky: highly configurable system monitor for X] by Casey Stamper on Debian.net</ref><ref name="Wieseler">[http://blog.kickino.org/archives/2006/09/25/T23_09_45/ GKrellM vs. Conky] by Sebastian Wieseler</ref> and is able to monitor many system variables including the status of the [[Central processing unit|CPU]], [[Random access memory|memory]], [[swap space]], [[disk storage]], temperatures, [[top (Unix)|processes]], [[network interface]]s, battery power, system messages, e-mail inboxes, [[Arch Linux]] updates, many popular music players ([[Music Player Daemon|MPD]], [[XMMS2]], [[BMPx]], [[Audacious Media Player|Audacious]]), and much more.<ref name="docs">[http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html Conky documentation]</ref> Unlike system monitors that use high-level [[widget toolkit]]s to render their information, Conky is drawn directly in an X window. This allows it to consume relatively fewer system resources when configured similarly.<ref name="mulander">[http://my.opera.com/mulander/blog/show.dml/403237 conky] review by mulander</ref><ref name="Sharma">[http://www.linux.com/articles/56931 CLI Magic: Lightweight Conky is a system monitor powerhouse] by Shashank Sharma on [[Linux.com]]</ref>

Conky has gained a strong following among many Linux and BSD enthusiasts, and was hailed as "''one of the best maintained, and definitely one of the most useful, programs in the world of open source''" according to Jan Rähm in a [http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/100/086-087_conky.pdf March 2009 article] in Linux Magazine.

== History ==
Conky is a fork of [http://torsmo.sourceforge.net/ torsmo], a system monitor that is no longer maintained.<ref name="faq">[http://conky.sourceforge.net/faq.html Conky FAQ]</ref> Torsmo, however, continues to be used in systems where applications that use minimal resources are preferred. [[Damn Small Linux]], for example, runs torsmo in its desktop root window on the default installation of its Live CD.<ref name="torsmoOnDSL">[http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/notes.html Changelog of Damn Small Linux]</ref> Conky derives its name from a character in the Canadian television programme [[Trailer Park Boys]].

== Common uses ==
While Conky is ideally suited for use as a system monitor, it can also be used to gather and display almost any type of information on the user's desktop (as well as in the command line, if one chooses). Conky can be extended with the [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] programming language, and uses its own [[Functional programming|functional]]-ish configuration file syntax. Conky features built-in support for several unrelated sources of information, but its biggest strength lies in its ability to be extended through scripting.

Conky has also been ported to devices such as the [[Nokia N900]]<ref name="n900">[http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/conky/ Nokia N900 Conky package]</ref>, and can be ported to practically any system with [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]] and an [[X Window System|X11]] implementation.

Users have created and distributed many customized scripts, demonstrating Conky's modularity and versatility in function and appearance. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865/ A thread] on the [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] forums has grown to over 1300 pages of users sharing their configurations.<ref name="rc_screens">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1645914 Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots]</ref><ref name="scripts">[http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Conky+scripts?content=52896 Conky scripts]</ref><ref name="gmail">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4219577 Conky Gmail Revisited]</ref><ref name="howto">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1194508 Howto: Get a beautiful Conky 1.4.2 setup]</ref>

== Usage example ==

A simple configuration for Conky which displays the time on a user's desktop is as follows:

<source lang="text">
update_interval 30

own_window yes
own_window_type desktop

use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans:size=14

alignment bottom_right

TEXT
${time %H:%M}
</source>

Default configuration file location is $HOME/.conkyrc or ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf. On most systems, sysconfdir is /etc, and you can find the sample config file there (/etc/conky/conky.conf).<ref name="docs" />

== Screenshots ==

<gallery>
Image:Arch Linux.png|Conky on [[Arch Linux]]
Image:Conkyonubuntu.png|Conky on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
Image:Conkyubuntu.png|Conky on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Lucid Lynx]]
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Free software}}
*[[GKrellM]]
*[[System monitor]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Commons category|Conky}}
*[http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Official website]
*[http://wiki.conky.be The Conky Wiki]
*{{Freshmeat|conky|Conky}}

User:WorldTripping

2010-09-30T23:19:33Z

WorldTripping:

| name = Conky
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:Conky-unix-program-screen-shot.png|A typical Conky look]]
| caption = A typical Conky look
| author = [[Brenden Matthews]]
| developer =
| programming language = C
| released =
| latest release version = 1.8.0
| latest release date = {{release date|2010|03|30}}
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[FreeBSD]], and [[OpenBSD]]
| genre = [[System monitor]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] and [[BSD licenses]]<ref name="about">[http://conky.sourceforge.net/aboutconky.html About Conky]</ref>
| website = [http://conky.sourceforge.net/ conky.sourceforge.net]
}}
'''Conky''' is a [[free software]] [[system monitor]] for the [[X Window System]]. It is available for [[Linux]], [[FreeBSD]], and [[OpenBSD]].<ref name="homepage">[http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Conky homepage] on [[SourceForge.net]]</ref> Conky is highly configurable<ref name="Popov">[http://www.linux.com/feature/136147 Expert's guide to configuring Conky] by Dmitri Popov on [[Linux.com]]</ref><ref name="Stamper">[http://debaday.debian.net/2007/09/02/conky-highly-configurable-system-monitor-for-x/ Conky: highly configurable system monitor for X] by Casey Stamper on Debian.net</ref><ref name="Wieseler">[http://blog.kickino.org/archives/2006/09/25/T23_09_45/ GKrellM vs. Conky] by Sebastian Wieseler</ref> and is able to monitor many system variables including the status of the [[Central processing unit|CPU]], [[Random access memory|memory]], [[swap space]], [[disk storage]], temperatures, [[top (Unix)|processes]], [[network interface]]s, battery power, system messages, e-mail inboxes, [[Arch Linux]] updates, many popular music players ([[Music Player Daemon|MPD]], [[XMMS2]], [[BMPx]], [[Audacious Media Player|Audacious]]), and much more.<ref name="docs">[http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html Conky documentation]</ref> Unlike system monitors that use high-level [[widget toolkit]]s to render their information, Conky is drawn directly in an X window. This allows it to consume relatively fewer system resources when configured similarly.<ref name="mulander">[http://my.opera.com/mulander/blog/show.dml/403237 conky] review by mulander</ref><ref name="Sharma">[http://www.linux.com/articles/56931 CLI Magic: Lightweight Conky is a system monitor powerhouse] by Shashank Sharma on [[Linux.com]]</ref>

Conky has gained a strong following among many Linux and BSD enthusiasts, and was hailed as "''one of the best maintained, and definitely one of the most useful, programs in the world of open source''" according to Jan Rähm in a [http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/100/086-087_conky.pdf March 2009 article] in Linux Magazine.

== History ==
Conky is a fork of [http://torsmo.sourceforge.net/ torsmo], a system monitor that is no longer maintained.<ref name="faq">[http://conky.sourceforge.net/faq.html Conky FAQ]</ref> Torsmo, however, continues to be used in systems where applications that use minimal resources are preferred. [[Damn Small Linux]], for example, runs torsmo in its desktop root window on the default installation of its Live CD.<ref name="torsmoOnDSL">[http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/notes.html Changelog of Damn Small Linux]</ref> Conky derives its name from a character in the Canadian television programme [[Trailer Park Boys]].

== Common uses ==
While Conky is ideally suited for use as a system monitor, it can also be used to gather and display almost any type of information on the user's desktop (as well as in the command line, if one chooses). Conky can be extended with the [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] programming language, and uses its own [[Functional programming|functional]]-ish configuration file syntax. Conky features built-in support for several unrelated sources of information, but its biggest strength lies in its ability to be extended through scripting.

Conky has also been ported to devices such as the [[Nokia N900]]<ref name="n900">[http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/conky/ Nokia N900 Conky package]</ref>, and can be ported to practically any system with [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]] and an [[X Window System|X11]] implementation.

Users have created and distributed many customized scripts, demonstrating Conky's modularity and versatility in function and appearance. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865/ A thread] on the [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] forums has grown to over 1300 pages of users sharing their configurations.<ref name="rc_screens">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1645914 Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots]</ref><ref name="scripts">[http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Conky+scripts?content=52896 Conky scripts]</ref><ref name="gmail">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4219577 Conky Gmail Revisited]</ref><ref name="howto">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1194508 Howto: Get a beautiful Conky 1.4.2 setup]</ref>

== Usage example ==

A simple configuration for Conky which displays the time on a user's desktop is as follows:

<source lang="text">
update_interval 30

own_window yes
own_window_type desktop

use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans:size=14

alignment bottom_right

TEXT
${time %H:%M}
</source>

Default configuration file location is $HOME/.conkyrc or ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf. On most systems, sysconfdir is /etc, and you can find the sample config file there (/etc/conky/conky.conf).<ref name="docs" />

== Screenshots ==

<gallery>
Image:Arch Linux.png|Conky on [[Arch Linux]]
Image:Conkyonubuntu.png|Conky on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
Image:Conkyubuntu.png|Conky on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Lucid Lynx]]
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Free software}}
*[[GKrellM]]
*[[System monitor]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Commons category|Conky}}
*[http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Official website]
*[http://wiki.conky.be The Conky Wiki]
*{{Freshmeat|conky|Conky}}

User:WorldTripping

2010-09-30T23:17:28Z

WorldTripping: /* Setting Up Conky */

{{Infobox software
| name = Conky
| logo =
| screenshot = [[Image:Conky-unix-program-screen-shot.png|A typical Conky look]]
| caption = A typical Conky look
| author = [[Brenden Matthews]]
| developer =
| programming language = C
| released =
| latest release version = 1.8.0
| latest release date = {{release date|2010|03|30}}
| operating system = [[Linux]], [[FreeBSD]], and [[OpenBSD]]
| genre = [[System monitor]]
| license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL]] and [[BSD licenses]]<ref name="about">[http://conky.sourceforge.net/aboutconky.html About Conky]</ref>
| website = [http://conky.sourceforge.net/ conky.sourceforge.net]
}}
'''Conky''' is a [[free software]] [[system monitor]] for the [[X Window System]]. It is available for [[Linux]], [[FreeBSD]], and [[OpenBSD]].<ref name="homepage">[http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Conky homepage] on [[SourceForge.net]]</ref> Conky is highly configurable<ref name="Popov">[http://www.linux.com/feature/136147 Expert's guide to configuring Conky] by Dmitri Popov on [[Linux.com]]</ref><ref name="Stamper">[http://debaday.debian.net/2007/09/02/conky-highly-configurable-system-monitor-for-x/ Conky: highly configurable system monitor for X] by Casey Stamper on Debian.net</ref><ref name="Wieseler">[http://blog.kickino.org/archives/2006/09/25/T23_09_45/ GKrellM vs. Conky] by Sebastian Wieseler</ref> and is able to monitor many system variables including the status of the [[Central processing unit|CPU]], [[Random access memory|memory]], [[swap space]], [[disk storage]], temperatures, [[top (Unix)|processes]], [[network interface]]s, battery power, system messages, e-mail inboxes, [[Arch Linux]] updates, many popular music players ([[Music Player Daemon|MPD]], [[XMMS2]], [[BMPx]], [[Audacious Media Player|Audacious]]), and much more.<ref name="docs">[http://conky.sourceforge.net/docs.html Conky documentation]</ref> Unlike system monitors that use high-level [[widget toolkit]]s to render their information, Conky is drawn directly in an X window. This allows it to consume relatively fewer system resources when configured similarly.<ref name="mulander">[http://my.opera.com/mulander/blog/show.dml/403237 conky] review by mulander</ref><ref name="Sharma">[http://www.linux.com/articles/56931 CLI Magic: Lightweight Conky is a system monitor powerhouse] by Shashank Sharma on [[Linux.com]]</ref>

Conky has gained a strong following among many Linux and BSD enthusiasts, and was hailed as "''one of the best maintained, and definitely one of the most useful, programs in the world of open source''" according to Jan Rähm in a [http://www.linux-magazine.com/w3/issue/100/086-087_conky.pdf March 2009 article] in Linux Magazine.

== History ==
Conky is a fork of [http://torsmo.sourceforge.net/ torsmo], a system monitor that is no longer maintained.<ref name="faq">[http://conky.sourceforge.net/faq.html Conky FAQ]</ref> Torsmo, however, continues to be used in systems where applications that use minimal resources are preferred. [[Damn Small Linux]], for example, runs torsmo in its desktop root window on the default installation of its Live CD.<ref name="torsmoOnDSL">[http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/notes.html Changelog of Damn Small Linux]</ref> Conky derives its name from a character in the Canadian television programme [[Trailer Park Boys]].

== Common uses ==
While Conky is ideally suited for use as a system monitor, it can also be used to gather and display almost any type of information on the user's desktop (as well as in the command line, if one chooses). Conky can be extended with the [[Lua (programming language)|Lua]] programming language, and uses its own [[Functional programming|functional]]-ish configuration file syntax. Conky features built-in support for several unrelated sources of information, but its biggest strength lies in its ability to be extended through scripting.

Conky has also been ported to devices such as the [[Nokia N900]]<ref name="n900">[http://maemo.org/downloads/product/Maemo5/conky/ Nokia N900 Conky package]</ref>, and can be ported to practically any system with [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]] and an [[X Window System|X11]] implementation.

Users have created and distributed many customized scripts, demonstrating Conky's modularity and versatility in function and appearance. [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=281865/ A thread] on the [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]] forums has grown to over 1300 pages of users sharing their configurations.<ref name="rc_screens">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1645914 Post your .conkyrc files w/ screenshots]</ref><ref name="scripts">[http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Conky+scripts?content=52896 Conky scripts]</ref><ref name="gmail">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=4219577 Conky Gmail Revisited]</ref><ref name="howto">[http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=1194508 Howto: Get a beautiful Conky 1.4.2 setup]</ref>

== Usage example ==

A simple configuration for Conky which displays the time on a user's desktop is as follows:

<source lang="text">
update_interval 30

own_window yes
own_window_type desktop

use_xft yes
xftfont DejaVu Sans:size=14

alignment bottom_right

TEXT
${time %H:%M}
</source>

Default configuration file location is $HOME/.conkyrc or ${sysconfdir}/conky/conky.conf. On most systems, sysconfdir is /etc, and you can find the sample config file there (/etc/conky/conky.conf).<ref name="docs" />

== Screenshots ==

<gallery>
Image:Arch Linux.png|Conky on [[Arch Linux]]
Image:Conkyonubuntu.png|Conky on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]]
Image:Conkyubuntu.png|Conky on [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Lucid Lynx]]
</gallery>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Free software}}
*[[GKrellM]]
*[[System monitor]]

==References==
<references/>

==External links==
{{Commons category|Conky}}
*[http://conky.sourceforge.net/ Official website]
*[http://wiki.conky.be The Conky Wiki]
*{{Freshmeat|conky|Conky}}

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User:WorldTripping

2010-09-05T17:47:02Z

WorldTripping: /* Setting Up Conky */

== Setting Up Conky ==

How to set up Conky tot show Real-Time system information

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User:WorldTripping

2010-09-05T17:46:24Z

WorldTripping: /* Setting Up Conky */

== Setting Up Conky ==

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User:WorldTripping

2010-09-05T17:46:03Z

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2010-09-05T17:45:08Z

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User:WorldTripping

2010-09-05T17:39:02Z

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