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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. Um, honesty in reporting by JanneM · · Score: 5, Insightful

    A developer calls it "an ugly hack". Well, not quite. It was pretty clearly marked as tongue-in-cheek, and not to be taken seriously.

    Looks to me like the submitter deliberately wants to fan any remaining flames between the projects; who knows why.

    Instead, we have some pretty good illustrations as to why having two projects is a really good idea. KDE gets Karamba (and SuperKaramba) which takes off like wildfire. Undaunted, some Gnome people sit down and look at what Karamba does and learns from it (what the devels envisioned versus how it is actually being used; awkwardness and mistakes in teh design) and develop something similar, but with the benefir of hindsight from the other project. No doubt will the Karamba people look at gDesklets and in turn learn from it's strengths and weaknesses. THe end result is a set of tools that become far better, faster, than either would have become on its own.

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  2. Nice, but lets talk details.. by Visceral+Monkey · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Good to know Gnome is going to have something along the same line as KDE. Having said that however, I'm wondering if the Gnome community can match the number of Karamba plug-ins out there, some of which really do look good (www.kde-look.org) Also, before slamming Karamba for being "an ugly hack", I'd love for them to explain A.) Why they think this is so and B.) Why their version is going to be so much better. I mean, a good explanation might go a long way in converting people over who use KDE just for Karamba (and they are out there).

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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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  3. Something's missing... by Sherloqq · · Score: 5, Interesting

    For something being touted as eye candy for the desktop, there's amazingly few screenshots available in the links provided.

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  4. The Karamba team should do a Mac port by BabyDave · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... and call it iKaramba.

    [Tumbleweed rolls past]

    I'll see myself out ...

  5. lol Beos hahahahaa - NeXTStep in 1993 you mean by DrSkwid · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As Ron Minnich said

    "You want to make your way in the CS field? Simple. Calculate rough time of
    amnesia (hell, 10 years is plenty, probably 10 months is plenty), go to
    the dusty archives, dig out something fun, and go for it.

    It's worked for many people, and it can work for you."

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  6. Slashdot trying to keep the desktop flamewar alive by FooBarWidget · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Really, was it really necessary to mention that "karamba is an ugly hack" comment? The project's homepage is very objective and doesn't slam KDE at all. That comment was the opinion of one single person!
    Why was it mentioned? Are you trying to slam KDE again? Or are you trying to make it look like as if the GNOME guys are slamming KDE, and start yet another flamewar on Slashdot?

    I'm sure I will get modded down for this, but hell, it's the truth! Slashdot should not encourage more pointless desktop flamewars or trying to make either GNOME or KDE look bad.

  7. gkrellm by cr@ckwhore · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Obligatory mention of gkrellm ... www.gkrellm.net. IMHO, its smaller, more lightweight... can be extended with hundreds of plugins and doesn't clutter the desktop. I think it's been around a bit longer too, but I could be wrong.

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