I would like these simple desktop Gadjets that I am use to in windows 7.
Meinwetter, Digital Clock , Clipboarder, advanced control system.
Could some kind person help me here.
thanks, john

Conky. For GTK 2.x, there also was GKrellM, but I guess it's kind of obsolete now.

Thanks but it says on their website that conky is monitor software, not what I need.
Thanks anyway

sparks79, it depends a lot on which GUI environment you are using; each GUI (KDE, Cinnamon, MATE, Gnome, etc.) operates a little differently, and some are friendlier to desktop gadgets than others.

I'm not fan of desktop icons, but I do commonly run GKrellM and an analog clock on most of my GUI environments (I've used Conky; I prefer GKrellM because it's more compact, but Conky is highly configurable). Here's a screenshot of Fluxbox on Slackware taken some while ago. That's xclock in the upper right, GKrellM in the lower right and the Fluxbox right-click menu on the left: http://pineviewfarm.net/wp-content/u...2019-11-02.jpg

What distro/version and GUI environment are you running?

Thanks for that Info.
I am using Zorin os 15.3.
I went Searching for GKrellM But I can't find a site where I could download it.
Let alone Install it.
You Guesed it, I am Green at Linux

We were all newbies once. 15 years ago, I was where you are now.

There's nothing wrong with not knowing stuff yet; not knowing stuff can be cured by learning.

I haven't used Zorin, but I understand that it's based on Ubuntu and I'm not sure what desktop environment it uses.

GKrellM should be in the repos. In Linux, the first place to look for software is in your distro's repos (software repositories). Look around your menu for something like "Software Center" or some such terminology.

I'd dig into this more, but it's getting late in my time zone.

These are Windows applications and won't run on any Linux distribution.
Some desktop environments, notably KDE, have desktop gadgets. Others (e.g. XFCE) have panel plugins.
Conky is also a correct answer but requires manual configuration. Not for you at this point.
GKrellm is easier, probably does what you want, but ugly IMO. It should be available in software repositories on a Ubuntu-based distro like Zorin, I'd think. But I could be wrong.

Be careful, don't break your system for a little gadget, get aquainted with what you have first.