I love me some eye candy that is actually useful. Conky falls into this category for me. In the olden days it was either gkrellm or a WindowMaker plugin. I have spent some time getting the conky setup EXACTLY how I want it. The results are posted below:
Install:
sudo aptitude install conky lm-sensors hddtemp python-feedparser
Extract this file to ~/.bin and make executable. Edit the files for weather.yahoo.com
Extract this file to ~/.fonts
Extract this file to ~/.conkyrc Be sure to edit the Gmail username for example[
](http://geekyschmidt.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/conkyrctar.gz)
