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Google Releases Desktop Gadgets For Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-time-wasters-than-you-can-shake-a-stick-at dept.

mstrom writes "Google announced it has ported its Google Desktop Gadgets platform to Linux, making it the first cross-platform [desktop] gadgets framework. In a sign that Google is fully embracing the open source model, it admits the product is not feature-complete and has opened up the code base hosted on Google Code 'to give everyone a chance to tinker with the code powering the gadgets.' According to Google: "Gadget support is not just a single feature, but rather an entire platform for miniature applications.'"

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  1. 0 out of 3 ain't that bad... by Gazzonyx · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Netcrafts confirms it... Year Of the Linux Desktop.
    -1 Bad/Old Joke...

    *ducks*
    See http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=565313&cid=23560489

    ... BTW, frist!
    -1 Wrong... Yeah, but other than those three issues, it was all killer and no filler!
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    If I mod you up, it doesn't necessarily mean I agree with what you've said, sorry.