CPU Panel for Conky

Simple Theme for Conky

A simple theme to monitor CPU, RAM and Network speed.

Simple Theme Download

CPU Panel

A panel for monitoring CPU loads. The load on each core is shown as a graph along with the frequency. The top-most graph displays the average/total load.

For 8-core CPU: Download

For 6-core CPU: Download

For 4-core CPU: Download

For 2-core CPU: Download

How to use these themes

Install conky on your Debian/Ubuntu/LinuxMint system. Open a terminal window and type the following command:

sudo apt-get install conky conky-all

Save the theme file to your home folder and run it with the following command:

Example:

conky -c "$HOME/conky-themes/tg-simple.conkyrc"

To run conky at system startup, use the Startup Applications tool from the Applications menu and add an entry for the command given above.

Moving the Panels:

In order to move the panel to a different position, edit the gap_x and gap_y values in the conkyrc file. The gap_x value is the horizontal distance (in pixels) from the top-left edge of the screen. The gap_y value is the vertical distance (in pixels) from the top-left edge of the screen. Edit these values to move the panel to a different position on your desktop.

Updates:

[2013-05-03] Added CPU frequency info for each core