Conky is quite versatile, letting you configure every
piece of data that shows up on your desktop overlay, from things
like system stats to email and music. And, even though you
configure everything through a text file, it’s surprisingly easy to
catch on.You can even download sample configuration files from the Conky
web site and just load those up, without ever having to dig into
them yourself—it literally only takes a few clicks. Of
course, if you have more advanced coding knowledge, you can get
more advanced, but the great thing about Conky is that you don’t
need to unless you want to“