How did they do that ...

[Amadeus W. M.]

On Sat, 12 Nov 2005 07:30:37 -0700, Jamie Bohr wrote:

> I ran across a screen shot located at
> http://img467.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20102005susedesktop45lg.jpg (forget
> the bg image) and am looking for how they did the weather, CPU load .. on
> the right side of the screen. Can some one point me in the right direction?
> I search google for kde "background programs" and come up with RH 7.1 stuff.
> What should I be looking for?
> 
> Thanks,
> Jamie
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> I ran across a screen shot located at
> <a href="http://img467.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20102005susedesktop45lg.jpg">http://img467.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20102005susedesktop45lg.jpg</a>
> (forget the bg image) and am looking for how they did the weather, CPU
> load .. on the right side of the screen.  Can some one point me in
> the right direction?  I search google for kde "background
> programs" and come up with RH 7.1 stuff.  What should I be looking
> for?<br>
> <br>
> Thanks,<br>
>    Jamie<br>
> <br>


It's gdesklets, with a transparent theme. As an alternative (which I
prefer), you can use gkrellm with the "invisible" theme.