p8p9 / conky_solar_burn

Conky theme with weather support and a spiffy layout.

conky_solar_burn

Conky theme with weather support and a spiffy layout:

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Dependencies:

• conky v1.10+, as the new config file uses Lua syntax
• apcaccess for reading the Load level of the UPS
• (Proprietary) nVidia drivers for reading GPU status (I've only ever tried with these, other GPUs may report fine too ofc)

Installation:

• Copy the .conky-google-now and .conkyrc files to your home folder
• Install the included Play font in ~/.fonts/truetype/play, then update your font cache with: sudo fc-cache -fv
• Copy the logos/ folder anywhere, but update the 3 references within .conkyrc (lines 65, 80, 87) - the same can actually be done with the .conky-google-now/ folder which contains the weather icons

.conkyrc Required edits for personalized info:

• [line 45] Edit the Yahoo! Weather URL to search for your city, replacing {{{{{YOUR_CITY_NAME}}}}} (discard curly brackets) with your desired city (you can pop this URL in a browser to inspect the response)
• [line 62] Replace the hardcoded data
• [line 65] Edit the CPU name/family
• [line 99-101] Edit the disk paths
• [line 103-105] Edit the disks to monitor r/w speeds
• [line 106-108] Replace the eno1 network interface with whatever yours is

Notes:

• This layout was built for 1440p resolution, but you can adapt it to 1080p (or anything else really) by simply adding/removing some elements/lines
• The modified conky-google-now icons and code are from satya164
• The current weather text in the preview is partially borked (reads "Mostly") -- this shouldn't be the case once you've updated the Yahoo! URL to your city
• The music text that is near the bottom, as well as the Prev/Stop/Play/Next buttons, are not from this Conky theme. They are from the gmusicbrowser desktop plugin

Donations from awesome people

It has taken me a long while to build and perfect this layout, so if you'd like, you can toss some Bitcoin dust my way to:

1PaV8LVJTqwt23M9WXK4jcVu2Bp6rWHwnv

Thanks, and hope you enjoy!