Thanks. The theme is pretty much done. All I need to do is type out instructions and tar it up for distribution. I'll post the conky script with fonts and instructions at the same time. Most likely by tomorrow, it will be up.

here is the script but you also need a few details in configuration. First off, download these fonts. chess_miscel.zip pizzadude_bullets.zip style_bats.zip weather.zip webdings.ttf xspiralmental.zip from this site or more. http://www.dafont.com/ now we need to follow this next step to install the fonts into ubuntu. System Wide: Once you have downloaded and unpacked your font files (.ttf, .TTF), we just need to move them to the font directory: # sudo cp *.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/ # sudo cp *.TTF /usr/local/share/fonts/ Run the following command to rebuild the font cache: # sudo fc-cache -f -v and now for my current conky script. I have different variations including bars for the drives but I figured I wanted it as minimalistic as possible. I even had temperature gauges that animated and weather as well. # Conky sample configuration # # the list of variables has been removed from this file in favour # of keeping the documentation more maintainable. # Check http://conky.sf.net for an up-to-date-list. # set to yes if you want Conky to be forked in the background background no # X font when Xft is disabled, you can pick one with program xfontsel #font 5x7 #font 6x10 #font 7x13 #font 8x13 #font 9x15 #font *mintsmild.se* #font -*-*-*-*-*-*-34-*-*-*-*-*-*-* # Use Xft? use_xft yes # Set conky on the bottom of all other applications own_window_hints below # Xft font when Xft is enabled xftfont augie:size=9 # Text alpha when using Xft xftalpha 1.0 # Print everything to stdout? # out_to_console no # MPD host/port # mpd_host localhost # mpd_port 6600 # mpd_password tinker_bell # Print everything to console? # out_to_console no # mail spool mail_spool $MAIL # Update interval in seconds update_interval 3.0 # This is the number of times Conky will update before quitting. # Set to zero to run forever. total_run_times 0 # Create own window instead of using desktop (required in nautilus) own_window yes own_window_type override # Use pseudo transparency with own_window? own_window_transparent yes own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager # If own_window_transparent is set to no, you can set the background colour here #own_window_colour #C0C8CD # Use double buffering (reduces flicker, may not work for everyone) double_buffer yes # Minimum size of text area minimum_size 100 5 # Draw shades? draw_shades no # Draw outlines? draw_outline no # Draw borders around text draw_borders no # Stippled borders? stippled_borders 3 # border margins border_margin 4 # border width border_width 1 # Default colors and also border colors default_color white default_shade_color white default_outline_color white # Text alignment, other possible values are commented #alignment top_left #alignment top_right #alignment bottom_left alignment bottom_right #alignment none # Gap between borders of screen and text # same thing as passing -x at command line gap_x 24 gap_y 24 # Subtract file system buffers from used memory? no_buffers yes # set to yes if you want all text to be in uppercase uppercase no # number of cpu samples to average # set to 1 to disable averaging cpu_avg_samples 2 # number of net samples to average # set to 1 to disable averaging net_avg_samples 2 # Force UTF8? note that UTF8 support required XFT override_utf8_locale yes # Add spaces to keep things from moving about? This only affects certain objects. use_spacer no # mldonkey_hostname Hostname for mldonkey stuff, defaults to localhost # mldonkey_port Mldonkey port, 4001 default # mldonkey_login Mldonkey login, default none # mldonkey_password Mldonkey password, default none # boinc (seti) dir # seti_dir /opt/seti # variable is given either in format $variable or in ${variable}. Latter # allows characters right after the variable and must be used in network # stuff because of an argument # stuff after 'TEXT' will be formatted on screen TEXT ${color black}${font Chess Miscel:size=40}h${font}${color black}CPU Usage: ${color #C0C8CD}$cpu %${color #C0C8CD} ${cpugraph cpu0 000000 C0C8CD} ${color black}${font StyleBats:size=32}a${font}${color black}${font}CPU0: ${color #C0C8CD}${cpu cpu1}%${color #C0C8CD} ${color black}${font StyleBats:size=32}a${font}${color black}${font}CPU1: ${color #C0C8CD}${cpu cpu2}% ${color black}${font StyleBats:size=26}c${font}${color black}RAM: ${color #C0C8CD}$memperc% ${color black}${font StyleBats:size=26}c${font}${color black}Swap: ${color #C0C8CD}$swapperc% ${color black}${font StyleBats:size=26}i${font}${color black}Root: ${color #C0C8CD}${fs_size /} - ${fs_free_perc /}% free ${color black}${font StyleBats:size=26}i${font}${color black}Home: ${color #C0C8CD}${fs_size /home} - ${fs_free_perc /home}% free ${color black}${font StyleBats:size=26}i${font}${color black}Win: ${color #C0C8CD}${fs_size /media/WinXP} - ${fs_free_perc /media/WinXP}% free ${color black}${font StyleBats:size=26}i${font}${color black}Video: ${color #C0C8CD}${fs_size /media/Video} - ${fs_free_perc /media/Video}% free

Thank you!