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gDesklets - Gnome2's Karamba

Posted by Hemos on from the fuel-for-the-fire dept.

Deusy writes "Footnotes is running an update article on gDesklets, Gnome's answer to KDE's Karamba. I've heard a lot of noise with regards to Karamba (and Super Karamba) and a lot of moans from Gnome users about the lack of a Gnome equivalent. Hopefully this should fill that void and more, as one of the developers comments that gDesklets is the product of "months of planning" and describes Karamba as an "ugly hack"."

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  1. Re:Nice, but lets talk details.. by JanneM · · Score: 5, Informative

    As I stated in another comment, that "ugly hack" type comment was entered in jest, and the story submitter chose to interpret it differently.

    One reason Gnome people haven't been in any real hurry, I think, is that a lot use gkrellm, which sort of does the same thing. The Karamba people decided something better was needed and implemented their thing. Now some Gnome people find that Karamba is sweet, and does something similar in turn for Gnome (but with the great benefit of hindsight from how Karamba is used). No doubt some KDE people will learn from gDesklets and make something even better.

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