Simple Conky 1.10 config (conkyrc) with Transparency
I found a few problems trying to use an old .conkyrc on Debian 10 (besides the syntax thing):
- First, when I added transparency, the rendering process broke, and started drawing every refresh on top of the previous one, so completely ruining the view
- Second, there was a flash or flicker on every refresh
So here’s my two cents. A simple, working config, with transparency and no flicker. I used the following fonts, which you can find free on the web:
- Gotham Black
- Gotham Bold
- Gotham Light
- Gotham Medium
- Gotham Ultra
- Gill Sans Std Bold

conky.config = { alignment = 'top_right', background = false, border_width = 1, cpu_avg_samples = 2, default_color = 'white', default_outline_color = 'white', default_shade_color = 'black', draw_borders = false, draw_graph_borders = true, draw_outline = false, draw_shades = false, use_xft = true, xftalpha = 0.8, font = 'DejaVu Sans Mono:size=12', gap_x = 15, gap_y = 20, minimum_height = 5, minimum_width = 230, net_avg_samples = 2, no_buffers = true, double_buffer = true, out_to_console = false, out_to_stderr = false, extra_newline = false, own_window = true, own_window_class = 'Conky', own_window_type = 'desktop', own_window_argb_visual = true, own_window_argb_value = 0, stippled_borders = 0, update_interval = 3.0, uppercase = false, use_spacer = 'none', show_graph_scale = false, show_graph_range = false } conky.text = [[ ${voffset 30}${color lightgrey}${font Gotham Medium:size=13}${alignr 90}${time %A}$color ${voffset 1}${font Gotham Black:size=19}${alignr 90}${time %B} ${font Gotham Bold:size=45}${voffset -50}$alignr${time %d}$font ${color lightgrey}${voffset 3}${font Gotham Light:size=21}${alignr 2}${time %Y}$font$color ${color darkgray}$stippled_hr${color} ${voffset 5}${font Gotham Ultra:size=30}$alignc${time %I}:${time %M} ${time %p}$font ${color darkgray}$stippled_hr${color} ${voffset 5}${color}${font Gotham Black:size=15}$sysname $kernel${font Arial:size=8} ${color lightgrey}Uptime $color$uptime${color lightgrey} / Load $color$loadavg ${voffset 5}${color lightgrey}CPU ${color}${hwmon 0 temp 1}°C${alignr}${color lightgrey}MB $color${hwmon 0 temp 2}°C ${voffset -3}${color darkgrey}${cpugraph cpu1 40,112 99cc66 66cc00}${alignr}${color darkgrey}${cpugraph cpu2 40,112 99cc66 66cc00} ${voffset -3}${color darkgrey}${cpugraph cpu3 40,112 99cc66 66cc00}${alignr}${color darkgrey}${cpugraph cpu4 40,112 99cc66 66cc00} ${voffset -5}${color lightgrey}${alignr}Fan $color${hwmon 0 fan 1} RPM ${voffset 5}${color lightgray}RAM$color $mem $memperc% ${membar} ${color lightgray}Swap$color $swap $swapperc% ${swapbar} ${voffset 5}${color lightgrey}Root $color${fs_free /} (${fs_free_perc /}%) ${fs_bar /} ${color lightgrey}Home $color${fs_free /home} (${fs_free_perc /home}%) ${fs_bar /home} ${voffset 5}${color darkgrey}$stippled_hr ${voffset 5}${color lightgrey}Down $color${downspeed enp3s5}${alignr}${color lightgrey}Up $color${upspeed enp3s5} ${voffset -3}${color darkgrey}${downspeedgraph enp3s5 40,112 6699cc 0066cc}${alignr}${color darkgrey}${upspeedgraph enp3s5 40,112 6699cc 0066cc} ]]
