You mean that they float above your other applications? Try rightclicking on the the screenlets, go to Options, and make sure that they are set to "Stay Below", or words to that effect.
On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Charles . <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > MLUG-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://linux.org.mt/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-list > >
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