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

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

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 12, 2006

“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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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