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John's Background Switcher VS Conky

Compare John's Background Switcher VS Conky and see what are their differences

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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.
  • John's Background Switcher Landing page
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    2022-07-01
  • Conky Landing page
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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

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to John's Background Switcher and Conky)
Wallpapers
100 100%
0% 0
Monitoring Tools
5 5%
95% 95
Personalization
100 100%
0% 0
Command Line Tools
0 0%
100% 100

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Conky should be more popular than John's Background Switcher. 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.

John's Background Switcher mentions (6)

  • Microsoft should make it easier to people use other Shells/window managers
    Now it's just a wallpaper changer pointed to a folder of my kids pics This one : Https://johnsad.ventures/software/backgroundswitcher/. Source: about 1 year ago
  • Where you get wallpapers for your Mac?
    I used to use https://johnsad.ventures/software/backgroundswitcher/ and it's cool. But latest years I just stick to Snow Leopard. A bit of nostalgia. :). Source: about 1 year ago
  • Do you use your photos as wallpapers?
    I use https://johnsad.ventures/software/backgroundswitcher/ on my desktop PC. Find it a great way to see our travel photos that would otherwise just sit in a folder and not been seen for ages. Just set it to choose a random image from a defined folder every 10 minutes. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • looking for random assorted wallpapers for my dual monitor setup (1 : 2560x1080) (1: 1920x1080)
    I use John's background switcher https://johnsad.ventures/software/backgroundswitcher/. It's very customizable for every kind of setup. Source: almost 2 years ago
  • why can i not have separate background images?
    You need a third party wallpaper manager to do that. Many of them have this feature. I use John’s Background Switcher. It can set a different wallpaper on each monitor, randomized from your collection. Source: over 2 years ago
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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: 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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What are some alternatives?

When comparing John's Background Switcher and Conky, you can also consider the following products

Variety Wallpaper Changer - Variety is a wallpaper changer for Ubuntu which is featureful, yet slim and very easy to use.

GKrellM - GKrellM is a single process stack of system monitors which supports applying themes to match its...

Wallpaper Cycler - NuonSoft WallpaperCycler is a powerfull utility to manage all your wallpapers and to automatically cycle between your wallpapers.

Rainmeter - Rainmeter is a desktop customization platform.

Muzei - Muzei is a live wallpaper that gently refreshes your home screen each day with famous works of art.

Desktop Info - This little application displays system information on your desktop in a similar way to some other...