Showing hostname and IP on desktop

[Ric Moore]

On Tue, 2010-08-24 at 16:50 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:
> On 24 August 2010 16:40, Oliver Marshall <Oliver.Marshall at g2support.com> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there an app that will show the systems hostname and/or IP address on the
> > desktop?  On the windows machines here we use a great app that adds various
> > items of info to the users desktop wallpaper so it's easy for them to see
> > the hostname, IP, serial etc.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> 
> There's a little app in the repositories called Conky that can display
> that and tons more.
> 
> More info here:
> http://conky.sourceforge.net/
> 
> You don't need to download it - you can just add it from the Software
> Centre or using Synaptic if you prefer.

I just installed it and what I REALLY appreciate is it's man page. Wow!
REAL INFO! Ric


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