santner Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 I have always been a KDE user, not familiar with gnome at all. I heard about gDesklets and I am very interested. Does KDE have anything similar to this? I assume that gDesklets don't work in KDE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HJ Posted August 24, 2004 Report Share Posted August 24, 2004 gDesklets do work in KDE actually, they'll work in just about any WM/DE. SuperKaramba is kinda of the same thing but for KDE, and it kinda only works for KDE too. (it'll run on with any DE/WM, but the transparency won't work) Here's a link for superkaramba. http://netdragon.sourceforge.net/ and you can get themes for it at http//kde-look.org But if you'd' rather try gDesklets, you can find the info you need at http://gdesklets.gnomedesktop.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 If you want the transparency, gkrellm is a good alternative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santner Posted August 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Awesome advice! Thanks :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santner Posted August 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 I actually use gkrellm, but what I really want to do is make it transparent and dock it on the side so that it 'appears' to be part of the desktop, like here: http://www.kde-look.org/content/preview.ph...+Weather+%2B%2B Â Do you know how this is done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 In your kde autostart folder. I believe it's ~/.kde/Autostart, you can link to the executable. Then when you log back in, it will appear, but you need to right click on the corner of gkrellm, and select stick, so it will traverse on all desktops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
santner Posted August 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 I've actually been able to do that. What I would really like to be able to do though is to make gkrellm transparent, so that you can actually see the wallpaper through gkrellm. Is this a skin that I need to download, or maybe it is only available in a newer version of gkrellm that I don't have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nocturnes Posted August 25, 2004 Report Share Posted August 25, 2004 Use urpmi to grab the latest gkrellm. Also get the themes package. There is a theme in there called 'invisible' that is completely see through. There is another called Glass2 which is almost see through Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spiedra Posted August 26, 2004 Report Share Posted August 26, 2004 And krellm as well, but glass is better looking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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