gDesklets

gDesklets

 gDesklets are a set of attractive utilities, or desklets, embedded on your desktop background. Such utilities could include weather forecasts, news tickers, system information or music player controls. The easily extensible architecture allows you to create numerous possibilities, available at a single key-press. gDesklets are not restricted to a single desktop environment, and currently work on most of the modern Unix desktops, including GNOME, KDE and XFCE.

Download

 gDesklets are now available with the latest unstable Vermillion release, that is expected to be integrated into Solaris Express post build 65.

* gDesklets Community Page

• gDesklets Archive
• gDesklets Developer Book
• gDesklets Tutorial
• gDesklets Mailing List
• IRC the developers on #gdesklets at irc.gnome.org

Installing new desklets

 Download and install additional desklets using the gDesklets Shell

; Remote install

Right click on gDesklet icon on the panel and select 'Manage desklets' option. In the gDesklets Shell, File > Install Remote Package: Enter URL of package

Local Install

Download the tar.gz or tar.bz2 file. Right click on gDesklet panel and select 'Manage desklets' option. In the gDesklet Shell, File > Install Package: Browse to package on local system.

 Note: the URL must point to a valid tar.gz or tar.bz2 file. Plain tar files are not supported.

Getting involved

 We have the following list of tasks available -

* Report bugs in the community bug tracker

• Sensor in gDesklets is deprecated for Control from version 0.3+ - as a result, some desklets need porting to use the new API.
• Try to improve existing desklets, or write you own!

 If you are interested in any of these tasks, contact the developers -

  Xusheng [dot] Hou [at] sun [dot] com

 Chris [dot] Wang [at] sun [dot] com