I'm looking for some news feed software that will bring headlines w/ links to my desktop. I liked the evolution news feeds but I don't use evolution for mail on a daily basis so there's no sense having it open just for that.

Preferrably, this app would be able to hangout on my desktop and be transparent so I can see my wallpaper through it. I'd like to passively watch headlines and only pick up the interesting ones when I'm bored.

edit: Oops, forgot to add my question.
What software is available that fits my above requirements and which would you recommend?

Also, I'd be interested to here where you find your favourite news feeds.

Could check out the newsfeed adesklet

Mozilla Firefox or the Mozilla Thunderbird email client from
http://www.mozilla.org With firefox, you can bookmark an
RSS feed URL, then the latest headlines appear as bookmarks under
that URL in your bookmarks menu. With Thunderbird, it's a little more
straigh-forward, and also is pretty convenient. I usually use
centericq and load the URLs in lynx. I have feeds for
http://sourceforge.net
http://www.linuxquestions.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk
the Associated Press http://www.ap.org
http://www.reuters.com
http://www.cnn.com
http://history.about.com

so there's quite a wide variety to choose from. When you're at sites
that you frequent, just look for an "RSS" icon. The BBC and AP feeds
don't work under centericq for some reason. A %0d is at the end of
the BBC url, so I can view the headline, but not open it
automatically in lynx or links. The AP link just gives me a 'fetch
failed' result so I can't even get the headlines for that one. That
shouldn't be a problem for you if you're going through a GUI RSS
reader. Those both work for me using Firefox or Thunderbird. Hope
that's enough info.

If you use KDE, there is a good program called akregator.

Thanks guys, I'll look into these when I get a minute today.

I agree with Andy Alkaline: Live Bookmarks in Firefox work very well.