The desktop customization ecosystem is rife with cool utilities capable of transforming dull setups into slick environments.

If you combine the Xfce desktop with the Compiz compositing window manager, you get a desktop with a bit more panache than if you were to use Xfce alone. Compiz helps to turn Xfce into something akin ...

update_interval: How many seconds Conky waits before refreshing itself. Even a "1.0" value shouldn't affect performance too much on a modern system, but if you're not looking for real-time system ...

Linux has a few different options for monitoring your system's resources, but our favorite is definitely the lightweight, super-configurable Conky, which sits right on your desktop. Screenshot by ...

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 ...