Does gnome support desktop widgets?

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Does gnome support desktop widgets? Any analogue to KDE plasmoids, Vista/Win7 sidebar/desktop widgets, Mac OS X dashboard widgets, etc.

score 8 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 24 '11 at 01:33

You can actually install and run plasma from Gnome if you so desire. It should work, despite having a lot of KDE dependencies, just add it to the startup programs. I am testing this right now, if you would like this option, I will report back to you.

There are also a few programs in the software center that allow you to use desktop applets. Search for gdesklets and screenlets. Here are articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenlets

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gdesklets

Linux is quite modular. :)

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 05 '17 at 15:55

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Screenlets and gDesklets are no longer maintained so I created flidget, a flexible, lightweight and concise widget system:

https://github.com/mrubioroy/flidget

answered Jan 05 '17 at 15:55

M. Rubio-Roy

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score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Jul 08 '17 at 03:49

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I like Screenlets (from standard repos) . Much better then gDesklets for me.

edited Jul 08 '17 at 03:49

Sumeet Deshmukh

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answered Sep 25 '10 at 07:05

Extender

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score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

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If you want use KDE Plasma Widget (Plasmoid) maybe you can look my answer in this Question Run Plasma Widget in Gnome :)

edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:24

Community

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answered Jun 20 '11 at 14:55

Ikhieasuka

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Does gnome support desktop widgets?

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