In the desktop above you can see the horizontal conky at the bottom of the desktop. Following is the configuration file .conkyrc from which you can achieve this.
#avoid flicker
double_buffer yes
#own window to run simultanious 2 or more conkys
own_window yes
own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type override
own_window_hints undecorate,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
#borders
draw_borders no
border_margin 1
#shades
draw_shades no
#position
gap_x 0
gap_y 1
alignment bottom_left
#behaviour
update_interval 5
#colour
#default_color 8f8f8f
default_color e0e0e0
#default_shade_color 000000
own_window_colour 262729
#font
use_xft yes
xftfont sans:size=9
# Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT
override_utf8_locale yes
#to prevent window from moving
use_spacer none
minimum_size 1200 0
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${alignc}${color}Kernel:${color e0e0e0}$kernel${color 000000} | ${color}Uptime:${color e0e0e0}${uptime_short}${color 000000} | ${color}Cpu1:${color e0e0e0}${cpu cpu1}%${color 000000} | ${color}Cpu2:${color e0e0e0}${cpu cpu2}%${color 000000} | ${color}Ram:${color e0e0e0}${memperc}%${color}${color 000000} | ${color}Swap:${color e0e0e0}${swapperc}%${color}${color 000000} | ${color}Root:${color e0e0e0}${fs_used_perc /}%${color 000000} | ${color}Home:${color e0e0e0}${fs_used_perc /home}%${if_existing /proc/net/route wlan0}${color 000000} | ${color}Signal:${color e0e0e0}${wireless_link_qual wlan0}%${color 000000} | ${color}Up:${color e0e0e0}${upspeed wlan0}kb/s${color}/Down:${color e0e0e0}${downspeed wlan0}kb/s${color}${else}${if_existing /proc/net/route eth0}${color 000000} | ${color}eth0:${color e0e0e0}${downspeed eth0}/${upspeed eth0} kb/s${color}${endif}${else}Network Unavailable${endif}${color 000000} | ${color}DiskIO:${diskio}${alignc}
You can optimize this file by decent use of ${color} variable. I messed this up as I am lazy and quite busy.
If you are new to conky, I'll write a short instruction on how to achieve this.
- Install conky by clicking here or by opening terminal and typing sudo aptitude install conky or from add/remove program or from synaptic package manager.
- Create a file with name .conkyrc and copy the content from top and save it in your homefolder.
- Now press Alt+F2 and type conky
- You'll see the bar at the bottom of your screen.
- You can change the update_interval 5 to smaller number. Actually you can change everything to suit your needs. You can look for more .conkyrc file or read conky manual by doing man conky.
- Put it in Syste/Preferences/Startup Application to make it start on every boot.
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