6 24 2012 Revolutionary Clock A Cool Desktop Widget You Have To Try On Ubuntu 12 04 Linux Mint 13 Maya

6 24 2012 Revolutionary Clock A Cool Desktop Widget You Have To Try On Ubuntu 12 04 Linux Mint 13 Maya

Revolutionary Clock is a conky widget that displays on your desktop various clocks in different sizes to show date, CPU & RAM usage. In this tutorial, we will help you install it under Ubuntu 12.04/11.10 or Linux Mint 13. Here is a screenshot of Revolutionary Clock under Ubuntu:

Revolutionary Clock Installation

To make the installation easier, I have uploaded the script files to our custom PPA. To install Revolutionary Clock on Ubuntu 12.04/11.10 or Linux Mint 13, open the terminal and issue these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/conky
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install revolutionary-clock

You can now start Revolutionary Clock via the Unity dash:

For Linux Mint 13, search it in the Start menu:

 Here is a screenshot of Revolutionary Clock under LinuxMint 13 (Maya):

 To force kill all clocks, run this command:

killall conky

To install this script manually so that you start only certain clocks, you can refer to this page.

Enjoy!