Showing hostname and IP on desktop

[Liam Proven]

On 6 September 2010 21:29, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

:¬) Glad to be of service.

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