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Google Desktop VS Conky

Compare Google Desktop VS Conky and see what are their differences

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Google Desktop logo Google Desktop

The power of Google on your desktop.

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.
  • Google Desktop Landing page
    Landing page //
    2019-12-02
  • Conky Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-09-21

Google Desktop videos

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Conky videos

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  • Review - Making Linux Look Good - Conky First-Time Setup - Live Stream

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Google Desktop and Conky)

Google Desktop

Conky

File Manager
100 100%
File Manager
0% 0
Monitoring Tools
0 0%
Monitoring Tools
100% 100
Mac
100 100%
Mac
0% 0
Command Line Tools
0 0%
Command Line Tools
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Conky seems to be a lot more popular than Google Desktop. While we know about 42 links to Conky, we've tracked only 1 mention of Google Desktop. 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.

Google Desktop mentions (1)

  • Unable to search for 'Word' documents that have content in headers/footers. They just don't appear.
    Google used to have a desktop product… but that was a long time ago (http://desktop.google.com). Depending on how technical you are, there is Elasticsearch and Tika that can crawl office documents. Source: over 2 years ago

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: 10 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: 11 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: 12 months 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: 12 months 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: 12 months ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Google Desktop and Conky, you can also consider the following products

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Rainmeter - Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform.

DocFetcher - DocFetcher is a portable German/English open source desktop search application.

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

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