Linux.com: aDesklets: Eye Candy for the Linux Desktop

"Have you ever seen the Mac OS X desktop and wished all that eye candy were available for Linux? Now you can jazz up your Linux desktop with desklets--nifty little windows that float on your desktop and display information such as weather updates, system monitors, and calenders. Once you have aDesklets installed, you can download and install an assortment of desklets.

"I'm going to use aDesklets with Ubuntu Linux for this example, but it shouldn't be too difficult to install aDesklets on other Linux distributions. Look up the installation instructions for your distribution at the aDesklets site's documentation section..."

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