I think that I found what I was looking for. They are called Screenlets, and can be found in the Ubuntu Software Centre. I Installed it, and am running a clock, and a weather widget. The only thing is that these widgets do not stay on the desktop, but also show up on Firefox. How would I fix this?
Charles On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Jean Azzopardi <[email protected]>wrote: > Another option would be conky : http://conky.sourceforge.net/ > <http://conky.sourceforge.net/>it doesn't look remotely like vista, but > it's still a nice tool. > > > On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Paul Morley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> If your distro is based on Ubuntu try: >> >> http://hardinfo.berlios.de/HomePage >> >> Then check in the operating section for Gnome >> Paul >> >> >> >> On 06/29/2010 10:16 AM, Charles . wrote: >> >> How would I know if I'm running Gnome? >> Il-festa ttajba! >> >> Charles >> >> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Keith Vassallo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> If it runs gnome, check out gdesklets: http://www.gdesklets.de/ - >>> although this project is a bit dead. >>> >>> Or you can try screenlets - also dead. >>> >>> K >>> >>> On 29 Jun 2010, at 09:41, Charles . wrote: >>> >>> > Hello All, >>> > >>> > Have a 'spare' PC, I decided to try out a distro which I had just >>> downloaded. It is called 'YLMF', is of Chinese origin, and looks, and feels >>> like WinXP.This distro is based on Ubuntu 10.04, and comes complete with >>> Firefox 6.3, Open Office, etc. I would like to customize the desktop to look >>> more like Vista, analogue clock, weather, etc. What do I need to download? >>> > >>> > Charles >>> > _______________________________________________ >>> > MLUG-list mailing list >>> > [email protected] >>> > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> MLUG-list mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing >> [email protected]http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> MLUG-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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