How can I have those transparent box type widgets on home screen which show CPU stats, disk usage, e.t.c?
They look very cool. How do I have them on zorin?
You can use in terminal
sudo apt-get install conky-all
-NOTE- The below repository has been edited to replace the previous ppa with a current one:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tomtomtom/conky-manager
sudo apt update && sudo apt install conky-manager2
Or
sudo apt update && sudo apt install conky-manager
You can explore for additional conly and conky styles on deviantart or openbox.
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By any chance do you have a link?
Cheers
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Something I forgot about earlier but that still needs mentioning:
Zorin OS 16 users may notice that conkys that worked on Zorin OS 15 no longer work right on Zorin OS 16.
The deprecation of how conky should be formatted was enforced in 20.04. Fortunately, the fix is very easy.
Fore example, the old:
own_window_transparent yes
And the new:
own_window_transparent true,
The word "true" is used instead of "yes" and there is a comma at the end.
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This did not work for me in Zorin 16 Pro. I got some kind of 404 error when running the second command.
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Those are not terminal commands, they are lines for the conky .rc file.
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Is this still a current fix on Zorin OS 16.2 Core. I had issues trying to install Conky before as per previous forum posts here.
I apparently completely misunderstood your post.
I have corrected the issue though you likely have solved that by now...
I have corrected the older post to have current up to date information which are as follows:
sudo apt-get install conky-all
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tomtomtom/conky-manager
sudo apt update && sudo apt-get install conky-manager2
Or
sudo apt update && sudo apt-get install conky-manager2
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Thanks my friend! I will give it a go again.