GUI question

joker20 · 09-17-2004, 07:22 AM

ive seen a few screenshots of other peoples deksotps, and some have what i think are modules of they systme being monitored...are these a featrue already in my installation or would i have to download them?

187807 · 09-17-2004, 07:26 AM

Search for gkrellm .

I'm not sure if it's in the default Slackware installation, but there should be packages for it at linuxpackages.net or wherever.

joker20 · 09-17-2004, 07:44 AM

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Originally posted by 187807
Search for gkrellm .

I'm not sure if it's in the default Slackware installation, but there should be packages for it at linuxpackages.net or wherever.

great, thanks!

Skazi · 09-17-2004, 12:32 PM

gkrellm was included in my installation.

Personally, I prefer Torsmo, though. I built it from source, but I'm sure a package can be found to install. Some of the plugins for grkrellm seem pretty cool, though ...

joker20 · 09-17-2004, 12:41 PM

sooo what exactly is it and how do i use it?
is it an application or is it code that i have put in somewhere

Skazi · 09-17-2004, 12:53 PM

It's an application, see the pics at:

http://torsmo.sourceforge.net/

insyte · 09-17-2004, 02:36 PM

You can also try gdesklets .

joker20 · 09-17-2004, 03:09 PM

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Originally posted by insyte
You can also try gdesklets .

now would this only work for gnome? or is it configurable to KDE 3.2

Cedrik · 09-17-2004, 03:36 PM

As kde user you may want to go here : http://www.kde-look.org/ and look at the "karamba" section

insyte · 09-17-2004, 08:19 PM

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now would this only work for gnome? or is it configurable to KDE 3.2

Never tried it in KDE. Will try and I'll post again.

r_jensen11 · 09-17-2004, 10:48 PM

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Originally posted by joker20
now would this only work for gnome? or is it configurable to KDE 3.2

it works in XFce4, but XFce4 acts basically like a slimmed down version of Gnome (uses many of the same libraries and plugins)

Can't contest to KDE though. I'm trying to stick away from gdesklets now, I think it uses a lot of my resources, but it's definately nice eye-candy and can be helpful.