Bijiont and Jeffery,

That is what I am looking for, thanks for the input...going to try it after work today...

And Conky is great stuff. I appreciate the configuration file form of setup,

I was referring more to the difficulty in copy/paste (among other things) compared to other platforms.

I bought the thing to tinker with, so I expect it. Just difficult to figure things out and that gets me some times.

Thanks for the help, I believe I will get it the way I want it with those pointers.