Showing hostname and IP on desktop

[Liam Proven]

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.

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