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 # conky-applet
 
-An applet for conky, which is a really great tool to make your own applet with nearly borderless possibilities.
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+An applet for conky, which is a really great tool to make your own applet with nearly borderless possibilities.
+
+# Installation
+This applet needs:
+- 'the conky-applet' file
+- the conkyIP file
+- conky-all
+- conky-manager (optional, but recommended)
+
+To install this applet, follow this guide:
+- move the 'conky-applet' file to /home/username/.conky/yourappletfolder/
+- move the 'conkyIP file to /home/username/.conky/yourappletfolder/ and make it executable
+- open the conky-manager and click on the "refresh"-button to make sure, your newest version of the applet is loaded
+- if your applet is listed in the list of the installed applets, click on the checkbox behind it
+- now the applet should be activated and shown on your desktop
+
+# Issues
+If you have any problems with this applet and you don't know how to fix them, send me a message (contact informations are here: [https://joschu.ch](https://joschu.ch))
+
+# further versions
+I'll try to improve the design of this applet and want to implement more features like fan speed and so on.
+If you want to have another feature, make a feature request.
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