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I'd like to display the output of some command-line scripts on my Windows desktop. I believe Rainmeter and Samurize can do this, but I find Rainmeter kind of baffling and frankly it's just overkill for my needs anyway. And Samurize looks like a dead project at this point.

For an example of exactly what I want, look at GeekTool for OSX: http://projects.tynsoe.org/en/geektool/

For each desktop item, Geektool lets you choose colors, the script command whose output you want to display, how often to refresh it, and you can also choose colors and transparency. That's basically it and that's all I want.

Is there a Windows equivalent? I don't need any fancy system monitoring capability built into the app itself.

John Rose
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Samurize doesn't look to me like a dead project, just slow in development.
Perhaps you were looking at the old site, rather than the new site.

Version 1.64.3 Final was posted on September 2009.
The latest software, PluginPak 1.09, was posted on July 2010.

For info about using Samurize, see this article:
Geek to Live: Incorporate text files onto your desktop

harrymc
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  1. Find a transparant console: http://www.hanselman.com/blog/TransparentCommandPromptInWindows.aspx

    Alternatives: Transparent Command Prompt in Vista?

  2. Keep the window from going active or in front of your windows by writing a simple script: http://www.autoitscript.com/autoit3/index.shtml

  3. Hide the title border:
    http://my.opera.com/AyushJ/blog/winchanger

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Tamara Wijsman
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On OSX, couldn't you just use terminal, and cat to display text file, if you are using constantly updated logs then perhaps tail?

Sisyphus
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BgInfo by Sysinternal is an excellent tool for Windows to write system info on the desktop. You could configure it to display your script output

armannvg
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