I have been using Ubuntu (Karmic Koala – 9.10) at home for some time now.
Ubuntu has a open source code(under GPL) and rich variety of applications to choose from.
The user/developer community is also very large and responsive.
With such environment an itch to dabble in and customize things is tempting.
It was Screenlets that has got me started in this dabbling.
Screenlets allow you to make a floating accessories or widgets on your desktop.
The things that can be done with the Screenlets are endless. For instance, I use Radio Screenlet to listen to BBC News while a weather screenlet gives upto-minute information of the weather outside.
These widgets are based on Screenlet class library (Python GTK based).
I have started maintaining the screenlet with Launchpad and Bazar. Since I use numerous version control systems such as CVS, Perforce, ClearCase etc. using Bazar involved no learning curve. Further, the launchpad interface is also intuitive.
The updated version can be always found here.
Screenlet manager (ALT-F2 -> screenlets) can install the new version from this tar.gz archive automatically.
If you do not want that, you may simply drop the ClearWeather.py in the ClearWeather Screenlet directory.
Enjoy!
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Amit
thanks chiklu. where are you these days? how is ketkee and dhruv?