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Conky VS SwiftSearch

Compare Conky VS SwiftSearch and see what are their differences

Conky logo Conky

Latest commit 262a292 on Dec 7, 2017 brndnmtthws Add missing build dep. Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any kind of information on your desktop.

SwiftSearch logo SwiftSearch

SwiftSearch is a lightweight program whose purpose is to help you quickly find the files you need...
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    2023-09-21
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Conky videos

Conky System Info for Ham Radio Digital Operators

More videos:

  • Review - LEGO Conky Robot MOC Review from Pee-Wee's Playhouse #ToyReplay
  • Review - Making Linux Look Good - Conky First-Time Setup - Live Stream

SwiftSearch videos

Jyeler Swiftsearch E1

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Conky and SwiftSearch)
Monitoring Tools
100 100%
0% 0
File Manager
0 0%
100% 100
Command Line Tools
100 100%
0% 0
Clipboard Manager
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Conky should be more popular than SwiftSearch. It has been mentiond 42 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Conky mentions (42)

  • An app to count down till certain day
    Maybe put something like echo $(($(date -d 24-Dec +%j) - $(date +%j))) days into your bashrc. Conky should be able to display it nicely on the desktop. Source: 11 months ago
  • Do you plan on adding widgets to your desktop in Sonoma?
    What I could go for is something like Conky (https://github.com/brndnmtthws/conky). Source: 12 months ago
  • Give Wayland a shot, don't base your opinion off of 2013 articles!
    Funny meme btw. Personally, I use xorg with 3 displays. Fortunately, the resolution is same on all screens (full HD). I use Komorebi for live wallpapers and conky for sidebar. It works flawlessly. Source: almost 1 year ago
  • Issue in hyprland
    If you are using Wayland, then you may want to do some searches related to "wayland conky transparency" and see what results. Also, if you are using wayland, you will want to be sure you are using the latest possible version of conky, as close to 1.18.x or 1.19.2 as possible, as wayland support is a relatively new addition to conky. If you are on the latest or a late version and are also using the wayland video... Source: about 1 year ago
  • I need a small tool to monitor the CPU temperature and Fans RPM in Fedora 38
    Conky is the best.... you can set whatever info you like and display the info in many style..... Source: about 1 year ago
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SwiftSearch mentions (5)

  • Ask HN: Why is on-device search terrible?
    There's this, which I haven't tried: https://github.com/ChrisS85/FastFileSearch. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
  • I opened up my pc and my game was gone. It said it could not be found and when i searched I couldn't find the application. I downloaded it from FitGirl repacks and the game is elden ring.
    You could try using SwiftSearch to see if you can find the files somewhere in your computer. It too believe that it was probably win defender being funny and simply deleted every trace of it though. Source: over 1 year ago
  • LPT: Frustrated by a slow Windows search? Go to your Control Panel and open "Indexing Options", then click Modify. It's possible your C: drive has not been indexed. Index your files and you searches will be instant.
    SwiftSearch is an awesome app that loads the whole NTFS table in on all connected drive, and searches virtually instantly. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • LPT: On Windows machines, in "indexing options" set it to your entire hard drive(s). This will greatly increase the speed of searching for files.
    LPT: Get swiftsearch it's a million times faster than the windows search function. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • BOOKMARKS LOST
    I'd use a file system wide search tool like everything or wizfile or swiftsearch or whatever other tool you prefer and look for those files as if multiple profiles are in use they might be somewhere else. Source: about 3 years ago

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Agent Ransack - Agent Ransack is a tool for finding files and information on your hard drive fast and efficiently.