Conky is great. For someone starting out in customising their desktop, Conky goes a long way. I used it for years till I started writing my own widgets.
I was using Conky for a todo list on my second monitor, then I added another more specific todo list called "weekdo", one for notes(like how to spell certain words that consistently stymie me). After growing to four lists, each a Conky instance, I wrote a more specific purpose displayer. That was worse on resources, but a rewrite incorporating all the lists into one process was an improvement, even on Conky.
But this is about Conky. Conky pretties up your desktop, displays useful information, and inspires you to take more control of your desktop. Long live Conky.
I was using Conky for a todo list on my second monitor, then I added another more specific todo list called "weekdo", one for notes(like how to spell certain words that consistently stymie me). After growing to four lists, each a Conky instance, I wrote a more specific purpose displayer. That was worse on resources, but a rewrite incorporating all the lists into one process was an improvement, even on Conky.
But this is about Conky. Conky pretties up your desktop, displays useful information, and inspires you to take more control of your desktop. Long live Conky.