[ Thanks to Falko
Timme for this link. ]
“This document describes how to install and use gDesklets on
Ubuntu 8.04. Taken from the gDesklets page: ‘gDesklets is a system
for bringing mini programs (desklets), such as weather forecasts,
news tickers, system information displays, or music player
controls, onto your desktop, where they are sitting there in a
symbiotic relationship of eye candy and usefulness. The
possibilities are really endless and they are always there to serve
you whenever you need them, just one key-press away. The system is
not restricted to one desktop environment, but currently works on
most of the modern Unix desktops (including GNOME, KDE,
Xfce)…'”