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Conky VS XSecureLock

Compare Conky VS XSecureLock 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.

XSecureLock logo XSecureLock

XSecureLock is an X11 screen lock utility designed with the primary goal of security.
  • Conky Landing page
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    2023-09-21
  • XSecureLock Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-11-19

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

XSecureLock videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Conky and XSecureLock)
Monitoring Tools
99 99%
1% 1
Command Line Tools
98 98%
2% 2
Tool
100 100%
0% 0
Remote Desktop
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Conky seems to be a lot more popular than XSecureLock. While we know about 42 links to Conky, we've tracked only 4 mentions of XSecureLock. 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: about 1 year 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: about 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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XSecureLock mentions (4)

  • Cool but Obscure X11 Apps
    Anyone here use https://github.com/google/xsecurelock? I found it while going through reddit.com/r/unixporn and looking at other peoples tiling window manager setups. - Source: Hacker News / 11 months ago
  • Configure xsecurelock with fprintd
    Hey there, I am using xsecurelock (https://github.com/google/xsecurelock, xsecurelock-git from AUR) since a while and I am very happy with it. I would like to go further with fingerprint authentication. I know how PAM works, rode the README but I am afraid to screw it up and get locked out. Source: over 1 year ago
  • System hangs on resumption
    How do I fix this hanging behavior? Would using, say, xsecurelock or slock resolve the issue? Source: over 2 years ago
  • Can you have a video as a background for i3lock?
    I replaced i3lock with this https://github.com/google/xsecurelock. Source: about 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

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Xpra - multi-platform screen and application forwarding system

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Bginfo - This fully-configurable program automatically generates desktop backgrounds that include important information about the system.

Übersicht - Keep an eye on what is happening on your machine and in the World.