Configure Conky

Installing the Mail and Weather Forecast package for Conky

We need to install additional package in order for Conky to display new mail and weather forecast on your desktop.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:conky-companions/ppa && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install conkyforecast conkyemail

Base: http://maketecheasier.com/how-to-create-a-minimal-and-beautiful-desktop-with-conky/2008/10/30

Download and install the radio times font into ~/.fonts and update the font cache:

$sudo fc-cache -fv

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