Whats the name of the program that displays your comp stats on the desktop?

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I have seen it in a lot of peoples desktops, a thing that shows all comp stats like processor, ram use, processes etc whats it called?

If it's the one in the attached screenshot it's called conky. Here is the thread: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=353362&highlight=conky

thanks just what i was looking for I think....are there any others I should know about?