No matter how much you change your desktop background image and switch distro themes, staring at the same computer’s screen day in and day out can become humdrum. Conky can be used to decorate the desktop in endless ways and provide a stream of useful system monitors in the process. Conky is a system monitor that is sometimes part of the default desktop display in Linux distros. It scans your system’s hardware to match a list of possible sensors and creates a display for you to monitor on your root desktop or in its own window.
You, sir, are missing the entire point behind many users' obsession with Conky. It's because of it's complexity that such fine-tuning is even possible, not to mention, scripting and researching methods does indeed hold its own sense of charm and accomplishment. If Conky became the bubblegum wyswyg that you recommend, it would be ruined and become nothing more than yet another utility that makes the methods behind a Mac user legit and justified, taking all the learning and self-satisfaction of "true" customization out of the picture.
P.S. Stick with Windows, it sounds like your cup of tea.
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Conky: Cool System Monitor, Clunky Setup
Posted by: Jack M. Germain June 20, 2012 05:00 AMNo matter how much you change your desktop background image and switch distro themes, staring at the same computer’s screen day in and day out can become humdrum. Conky can be used to decorate the desktop in endless ways and provide a stream of useful system monitors in the process. Conky is a system monitor that is sometimes part of the default desktop display in Linux distros. It scans your system’s hardware to match a list of possible sensors and creates a display for you to monitor on your root desktop or in its own window.
P.S. Stick with Windows, it sounds like your cup of tea.