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+-- Conky, a system monitor https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky
+--
+-- This configuration file is Lua code. You can write code in here, and it will
+-- execute when Conky loads. You can use it to generate your own advanced
+-- configurations.
+--
+-- Try this (remove the `--`):
+--
+--   print("Loading Conky config")
+--
+-- For more on Lua, see:
+-- https://www.lua.org/pil/contents.html
+
+conky.config = {
+out_to_console = true,
+out_to_x = false,
+background = false,
+update_interval = 2,
+total_run_times = 0,
+use_spacer = 'none',
+}
+
+conky.text = [[
+$uptime | ${time %a %b %d %I:%M%P} |  ${cpu cpu0}% ${hwmon 2 temp 1}C
+]]