显示桌面小程序的软件－gdesklets, screenlets

gDesklets

Under FC8 distribution, type :  yum install gdesklets   to install it.

see http://gdesklets.de/

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).



screenlets

Under FC8 distribution, type :  yum install screenlets   to install it.

see http://www.screenlets.org

Screenlets are small owner-drawn applications (written in Python) that can be described as "the virtual representation of things lying/standing around on your desk". Sticknotes, clocks, rulers, ... the possibilities are endless.

The goal of the Screenlets base-classes is to simplify the creation of fully themeable mini-apps that each solve basic desktop-work-related needs and generally improve the usability and eye-candy of the modern composited Linux-desktop.

PS: There is another software for clock:   cairo-clock
see http://macslow.thepimp.net