Custom wallpaper that displays system information

okkie87 · 10-10-2009, 02:18 AM

I'm completely new to Ubuntu/Linux but one of the reasons I am so drawn to it is the scale of customization. I was wondering if anybody could shed some light on how to create a wallpaper that displays system information, such as CPU usage and memory usage in real-time. I know there are standalone programs that dock to the side of the display, but is it possible to have that displayed as a wallpaper?

Any help/examples would be awesome.

hurry_hui · 10-10-2009, 02:28 AM

You might want to look at conky

check the screenshot

smeezekitty · 10-10-2009, 02:28 AM

only the desktop enviroment or a dockable program could do that
i know damn small linux does it (it shows CPU, RAM, SWAP, HARDDISk space)

okkie87 · 10-10-2009, 03:13 AM

Is it possible to change the desktop environment to incorporate the statistics in the desktop background?

hurry_hui · 10-10-2009, 04:01 AM

Sorry, but i don't get your question.

To run conky, what you need is an X. Yes, you can change a desktop environment of course (e.g Gnome, KDE, Xfce, LXDE).

btw, have you checked conky screenshot, is that what you want?