<s>
Conky	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
desktop	O
system	B-Application
monitor	I-Application
for	O
the	O
X	B-Operating_System
Window	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conky	B-Language
is	O
highly	O
configurable	O
and	O
is	O
able	O
to	O
monitor	O
many	O
system	O
variables	O
including	O
the	O
status	O
of	O
the	O
CPU	B-General_Concept
,	O
memory	B-Architecture
,	O
swap	O
space	O
,	O
disk	B-Device
storage	I-Device
,	O
temperatures	O
,	O
processes	B-Device
,	O
network	B-Protocol
interfaces	I-Protocol
,	O
battery	O
power	O
,	O
system	O
messages	O
,	O
e-mail	O
inboxes	O
,	O
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
updates	O
,	O
many	O
popular	O
music	O
players	O
(	O
MPD	B-Language
,	O
XMMS2	O
,	O
BMPx	O
,	O
Audacious	B-Language
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
system	B-Application
monitors	I-Application
that	O
use	O
high-level	O
widget	B-Library
toolkits	I-Library
to	O
render	O
their	O
information	O
,	O
Conky	B-Language
is	O
drawn	O
directly	O
in	O
an	O
X	B-Operating_System
window	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conky	B-Language
was	O
hailed	O
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
maintained	O
,	O
and	O
definitely	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
useful	O
,	O
programs	O
in	O
the	O
world	O
of	O
open	O
source	O
"	O
in	O
Linux	B-Application
Magazine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
comes	O
pre-configured	O
in	O
the	O
default	O
installation	O
of	O
Pinguy	O
OS	O
and	O
CrunchBang	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conky	B-Language
is	O
a	O
fork	O
of	O
,	O
a	O
system	B-Application
monitor	I-Application
that	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
maintained	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Torsmo	B-Language
,	O
however	O
,	O
continues	O
to	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
systems	O
where	O
applications	O
that	O
use	O
minimal	O
resources	O
are	O
preferred	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Damn	B-Operating_System
Small	I-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
runs	O
torsmo	B-Language
in	O
its	O
desktop	O
root	O
window	O
on	O
the	O
default	O
installation	O
of	O
its	O
Live	O
CD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conky	B-Language
derives	O
its	O
name	O
from	O
a	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
Canadian	O
television	O
programme	O
Trailer	O
Park	O
Boys	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
Conky	B-Language
is	O
suited	O
for	O
use	O
as	O
a	O
system	B-Application
monitor	I-Application
,	O
it	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
gather	O
and	O
display	O
many	O
other	O
sources	O
of	O
information	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
with	O
the	O
Lua	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Conky	B-Language
has	O
also	O
been	O
ported	O
to	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Application
N900	I-Application
and	O
can	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
practically	O
any	O
system	O
with	O
GCC	B-Application
and	O
an	O
X11	B-Operating_System
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
have	O
created	O
and	O
distributed	O
many	O
customized	O
scripts	O
,	O
demonstrating	O
Conky	B-Language
's	O
modularity	O
and	O
versatility	O
in	O
function	O
and	O
appearance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
on	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
forums	O
has	O
grown	O
to	O
over	O
2,000	O
pages	O
of	O
users	O
sharing	O
their	O
configurations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
simple	O
configuration	O
for	O
Conky	B-Language
which	O
displays	O
the	O
time	O
on	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
desktop	O
is	O
as	O
follows	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
:	O
As	O
of	O
version	O
1.10	O
Conky	B-Language
has	O
changed	O
the	O
syntax	O
used.A	O
simpler	O
example	O
of	O
the	O
old	O
syntax	O
:	O
</s>
