How do i edit preinstalled conky KDE

I wand to edit the installed conky but conky manager isn't giving me anything useful how do i edit the preinstalled conky BTW I use regular kde

~/.config/conky/

and

find

is a powerful command :slight_smile:

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Is there a gui for this or at least a tutorial

For find or conky?

To edit the conky that comes with KDE

I use Kate or Geany to edit conky.conf.
Web is full of conky tutorials.

Thanks Ill try soon

Hi, I dont have that folder.

Also when I run conky, I got default Garuda setup I think, but dont know how to edit it. Because I dont have .config/conky/ folder.

Also via Gui manager, I can not run any preset conky, It doesnt load

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Its a dot folder = hidden

Use file browser and press Ctrl + h

ls -la .config/conky
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I know that. I have it unhidden, but still not there xD

╰─λ ls -la .config/conky
".config/conky": No such file or directory (os error 2)

Use

find

then. If there is no conky file how it starts as you said?

Are you in ~
for ls -la ?

[htpc@htpc2 ~]$ ls -la $HOME/.config/conky
total 8
drwxr-xr-x 1 htpc htpc   20 Aug 30 22:37 .
drwxr-xr-x 1 htpc htpc 2636 Dec 12 05:15 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 htpc htpc 5689 Aug 30 07:25 conky.conf
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yes, I am

─marko at marko-hpenvyx360convertible13ar0xxx in ⌁/.config
╰─λ ls -la .config/conky
".config/conky": No such file or directory (os error 2)
╭─marko at marko-hpenvyx360convertible13ar0xxx in ⌁/.config
╰─λ find
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no, you are in .config

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Next, has the conky white head eagle on top?
If not it is the standard conky file.

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no, it seems it is standard one..what now ?

Read conky manuals or use Garuda conky.conf

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/etc/skel/.config/conky/conky.conf
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I know some basics. For example I edited my conky on LXQT Garuda. Because conky folder is there..