What widget is this??

I am trying to get my desktop to look similar to this, but don't know what widget he is using. Can anyone identify it for me?

Here is the link to the picture:

http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/sudosys/Diehard4_theme#5217885383773161042

It's the large widget on the right side.

 

I think it is Conky, but I could be wrong.

If it is, how do I get it to look like that?

 

That is conky for certain. I suggest you start looking at the conky settings and variables pages. conky is extremely configurable, making it a very personal endeavor. There are many examples floating around the web, but odds are great that you will have to modify something in it anyway to make it work well with your machine.

conky can be as complex or as simple as you want it. Here's my example (conky is in the top middle):



And here is its config: View attachment conkyrc.txt

conky's default configuration is stored as ~/.conkyrc and you can start conky using that config file with just

Code:

$ conky

But you can also start conky with a different configuration with the -c flag. For example:

Code:

$ conky -c ~/.conkyrc_simple

will start conky using the configuration stored in ~/.conkyrc_simple. This way, you can have multiple instances of conky doing different things. Some of the most creative (and complicated) conky setups I've seen use 3 or more configurations.

I like mine just simple, though.

 

By the looks of you nbr linux team logo in your sig, the distro you are using is arch, correct? I like the looks of it and am always willing to try any distro.

 

Can conky display the temp of the CPU and GPU?

 

If it's the thing showing time, RAM, network, etc. in orange text, I'm about 99.9% certain it's actually Rainmeter. Not sure which skin it is though.

 

Yep, send a PM if you need the .conkyrc for that.

 

Heh, Arch can look however you want it to. The main install doesn't even install X, you're given the tools to install whatever you want and make it run however you want.

 

I just noticed that when I installed it a couple minutes ago. I should have figured that since it was a minimalist install, and a small one at that. It also didn't add Vista to Grub by default.

 

it's in the config file (/boot/grub/menu.lst) just have to uncomment the lines and change rootnoverify (hd0,x) to the windows partition number -1 (for instance if windows is on sda2, then this would be rootnoverify (hd0,1))

 

Thanks. I'll give it a shot!

 

I'm fixing to try to install x server and also add vista to the boot loader. post my results later.

 

Got the boot loader fixed, but I'm having a problem establishing an internet connection to get xorg installed.

 

Are you connecting via ethernet? First make sure that the interface is detected using ifconfig. If eth0 doesn't pop up, then you're most likely missing a module. But you probably already know this.

You could try loading the network daemon:

Code:

# /etc/rc.d/network start

Anyway, welcome to Arch! I hope you find it to be well worth the effort. It gives you some good experience at the very least. I learned more from an Arch install than from 3 months of Ubuntu.

P.S. Don't miss out on the Beginner's Guide.

 

Thanks. I might take you up on that offer. I have to read up and play with Conky when I get time.