A simple clock on every display?

I am trying to find something that displays the current time on every display that does not run in a window as i don't want yet another window jockeying for space in my tiled organization on my secondary monitor. Ive tried finding things that can put a clock in the dock, Ive tried finding things that duplicates the top bar to all monitors, I haven't been able to find anything. My primary concern is that when I am playing a game in fullscreen I cannot see the clock as its hidden behind the game. Praying someone here has a solution. I am about to go buy a clock and put it on my desk but that seems silly considering I'm in front of a computer -_-

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unmagical@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y (3 replies)

What about conky?

You can have multiple instances running with different configs all drawing on the desktop. In addition to the time you can have a bunch of system monitors running as well if you're interested.

PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I actually found that one last night while searching, however I like being able to have a series of tiled windows on my second monitor and needing to minimize them to check the time seems less convenient than looking at my phone or buying a desktop clock.

Really cool idea though, but i tend to never have my desktop visible. Ill probably install it on my homelab though!

unmagical@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 1y (1 reply)

You can customize the window type in conky, so you absolutely could configure it to be a normal window.

PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y

Well i am also trying to avoid having a clock as a window jockeying for screen space with my other tiled second monitor. I was trying to find a solution that plays on the topbar or dock as they take nearly no space on screen.