How to run Conky automatically on Linux Mint?

We have successfully installed Conky on Linux Mint and we also have successfully configure Conky and run it as well. However, when Linux is booted, Conky does not run automatically, it must be called with the command: conky. Now we will try, how do we make the Conky application run automatically when Linux is turned on?

1. Click Menu - Session and Startup
   

   

   Menu Application Linux Mint Tricia Xfce

2. Click Application Autostart tab, then click Add
   

   

   Session and Startup Application Linux Mint Tricia Xfce

3. Fill the Add application form
   Name: conky
Description: system monitor
Command: conky -p 5
Trigger: on login note: conky -p 5 it will run the Conky application with a delay of 5 seconds
   Klik OK
   

   

   Add Application to Automatically on Startup Linux Mint Tricia Xfce

4. Reboot system.

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How to configure Conky on Linux Mint?

After understanding the meaning and function of Conky, then successfully installing Conky on Linux Mint, we will continue with how to configure the Conky application.

By default the Conky configuration file is in /etc/conky/conky.conf, we will open that file with the default text editor application, Xed, through root access. Here are the complete Conky configuration steps:

1. Open Terminal and type: sudo xed /etc/conky/conky.conf
2. delete the default configuration script from Conky, ctrl + A then delete
3. copy-paste the Conky configuration script below
   #system-info #mint19.3-21120 #inxi #zaldi #linuxvanbook.blogspot.com conky.config = { -- -- universal config for conky -- use_xft = true, font = 'Bitstream Vera Sans Mono:size=10', xftalpha = 0, update_interval = 60, total_run_times = 0, own_window = true, own_window_transparent = true, own_window_type = 'normal', own_window_hints = 'undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager', own_window_colour = 'black', own_window_argb_visual = true, own_window_argb_value = 0, double_buffer = true, minimum_width = 360, maximum_width = 360, draw_shades = false, draw_outline = false, draw_borders = false, draw_graph_borders = false, default_color = 'white', default_shade_color = 'red', default_outline_color = 'green', alignment = 'bottom_right', gap_x = 25, gap_y = 35, no_buffers = true, uppercase = false, cpu_avg_samples = 2, net_avg_samples = 2, override_utf8_locale = true, use_spacer = 'none', }; conky.text = [[ ${image /media/Z-DATA/MAZTER/Linuxer/linuxmint-logo/linuxmint-logo-ring-symbolic.png -p 123,77} ###INFO### ${alignc}${font Pricedown:size=35}${color ffe082}$nodename${font} ${color slate grey}${hr 2} ${color}System: ${color2}${alignr}${execi 999999 cat /etc/issue.net} ${color}Kernel: ${color2}${alignr}${kernel} ${color}Init: ${color2}${alignr}${execi 999999 cat /proc/1/comm} ${color}DE: ${color2}${alignr}${execi 999999 inxi -S | grep Desktop | cut -d' ' -f13,14} ${color}Machine: ${color2}${alignr}${execi 999999 inxi -M | grep product | cut -d' ' -f9-11} ${color}User: ${font Pricedown:size=18}${color a6e22e}${alignr}${execi 999999 echo $USER}${font} ${color slate grey}${hr 2} ${color3}root: ${color}${fs_used /} of ${fs_size /} (${fs_used_perc /}%) ${alignr}${color}${fs_bar 8,100 /} ${color3}home: ${color}${fs_used /home} of ${fs_size /home} (${fs_used_perc /home}%) ${alignr}${color}${fs_bar 8,100 /home} ]]; note:
   image /media/Z-DATA/MAZTER/Linuxer/linuxmint-logo/linuxmint-logo-ring-symbolic.png replaced with the image file directory on your machine
4. save and exit the Xed application, then type in Terminal: conky

Conky Linux Mint

Desktop Linux Mint with Conky Aplication

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How to install Conky on Linux Mint?

One of the most important things to do after installing the Linux Mint operating system is to install Conky.

Conky Linux Mint

What is Conky?
From the manual Conky will find this answer

Conky is a system monitor for X originally based on torsmo. Since its inception, Conky has changed significantly from its predecessor, while maintaining simplicity and configurability. Conky can display just about anything, either on your root desktop or in its own window. Not only does Conky have many built-in objects, it can also display just about any piece of information by using scripts and other external programs.

Conky has more than 250 built in objects, including support for a plethora of OS stats (uname, uptime, CPU usage, mem usage, disk usage, "top" like process stats, and network monitoring, just to name a few), built in IMAP and POP3 support, built in support for many popular music players (MPD, XMMS2, BMPx, Audacious), and much much more.

Conky can display this info either as text, or using simple progress bars and graph widgets, with different fonts and colours.

The point is Conky is a system monitor, more than 250 objects can be monitorized.

How to install conky on Linux Mint?

Here's the answer, open Terminal and type
sudo apt install conky-all
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I was born in the flower city, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia in 1981.

I know the world of Linux and FOSS (free open source software) since 2008 from the megazine, books and news. 2009, I succeeded intall Puppy linux. Here's the documentation Puppy Linux Live USB on Planetcaang Blog. Not always follow the development of linux, but I am always back to linux. Now, my machine is use Linux Mint, detail of my machine right now is
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