Install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (Beta)
Set Windows 10 Developer Mode
Install X Server in Windows
I prefer Xming; get it and install it from here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xming/files/latest/download
The defaults should work just fine.
Install stuff in Bash
Open a Bash prompt; you can hit the Windows Key and start typing bash (without quotes). It’ll go through some installation stuff the first time you run it… give it a minute or two.
When it’s all done, time to install things…
Install some things in Bash. I’m just going to install Firefox and Conky.
$ sudo apt-get install firefox conky
My conkyrc
The own_window_transparent yes causes weird issues for me; so I commented that out.
~/.conkyrc
own_window yes
#own_window_transparent yes
own_window_type desktop
own_window_hints undecorated,below,sticky,skip_taskbar,skip_pager
own_window_argb_visual true
own_window_argb_value 0
out_to_console no
use_xft yes
xftfont cure:size=10
update_interval 2
cpu_avg_samples 2
net_avg_samples 2
double_buffer yes
maximum_width 320
draw_shades no
draw_outline no
draw_borders no
stippled_borders 1
border_width 20
default_color white
default_shade_color white
default_outline_color white
alignment top_right
gap_x 15
gap_y 0
use_spacer left
no_buffers yes
uppercase no
TEXT
${color}${alignc}${time %A %B %d %Y | %H:%M:%S}
${alignc}$color Linux $kernel on $machine
${color}${alignc}${color lightgrey}Uptime: ${color}$uptime | ${color lightgrey}Load: $color$loadavg${color lightgrey}
${color lightgrey}${alignc}Battery :$color ${battery} | ${color lightgrey}Time: ${color}$battery_time
${alignc}${color #FFEF00}${battery_bar 8,278}
${color #656565}$stippled_hr$color
${alignc}${color lightgrey}${execi 1000 cat /proc/cpuinfo | grep 'model name' | sed -e 's/model name.*: //'| uniq}
${alignc}${color lightgrey}Total CPU Usage: ${color}${cpu cpu0}%
${alignc}${color #FFEF00}${cpubar cpu0 6,150}$color
${color lightgrey}Core: ${color}1 ${color #FFEF00}${cpubar cpu1 6,270}$color $alignc
${color lightgrey}Core: ${color}2 ${color #FFEF00}${cpubar cpu2 6,270}$color $alignc
${color lightgrey}Core: ${color}3 ${color #FFEF00}${cpubar cpu3 6,270}$color $alignc
${color lightgrey}Core: ${color}4 ${color #FFEF00}${cpubar cpu4 6,270}$color $alignc
${alignc}${color lightgrey}CPU Temperature: ${color}${hwmon 1 temp 1}C
${color #656565}$stippled_hr$color
${alignc}${color lightgrey}Resources
${color lightgrey}Ram ${alignc} ${color}$mem / $memmax ${alignr}${memperc}% Used
${color #FFEF00}${membar 6,318}
${color lightgrey}Swap ${alignc} ${color}${swap} / ${swapmax} ${alignr}${swapperc}% Used
${color #FFEF00}${swapbar 6,318}
${color lightgrey}Disk ${alignc} ${color}${fs_used} / ${fs_size} ${alignr}${fs_used_perc /}% Used
${color #FFEF00}${fs_bar 6,318 /}
${color lightgrey}Disk IO: $color ${diskio /dev/sda} ${alignr}${color lightgrey}Filesystem: ${color}${fs_type}
${color #656565}$stippled_hr$color
${alignc}${color lightgrey}Processes
${color lightgrey} PID Process${alignr}Memory CPU
${color}${top pid 1} ${top name 1}${alignr}${top mem_res 1} ${top cpu 1}%
${color}${top pid 2} ${top name 2}${alignr}${top mem_res 2} ${top cpu 2}%
${color}${top pid 3} ${top name 3}${alignr}${top mem_res 3} ${top cpu 3}%
${color}${top pid 4} ${top name 4}${alignr}${top mem_res 4} ${top cpu 4}%
${color}${top pid 5} ${top name 5}${alignr}${top mem_res 5} ${top cpu 5}%
${color}${top pid 6} ${top name 6}${alignr}${top mem_res 6} ${top cpu 6}%
${color}${top pid 7} ${top name 7}${alignr}${top mem_res 7} ${top cpu 7}%
${color}${top pid 8} ${top name 8}${alignr}${top mem_res 8} ${top cpu 8}%
${color}${top pid 9} ${top name 9}${alignr}${top mem_res 9} ${top cpu 9}%
${color}${top pid 10} ${top name 10}${alignr}${top mem_res 10} ${top cpu 10}%
${color #656565}$stippled_hr$color
E233: cannot open display
Trying to launch Firefox or Conky results in the error: E233: cannot open display.
This is because we need to set the DISPLAY variable. I prefer adding to my ~/.bashrc file.
So add the following line to the end of your ~/.bashrc:
export DISPLAY=:0
Save and close the Windows Bash prompt and re-open it.