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Screenlets

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Alternative To: Apple Dashboard, Yahoo! Widgets
Description
Screenlets are small owner-drawn applications (written in Python) that can be described as "the virtual representation of things lying/standing around on your desk". Sticky notes, clocks, rulers, ... the possibilities are endless.

The goal of the Screenlets base-classes is to simplify the creation of fully themable mini-apps that each solve basic desktop-work-related needs and generally improve the usability and eye-candy of the modern composited Linux-desktop.

Features:
* Real applications, no HTML-"widgets"
* Easy to use, easy to develop
* Full compositing support
* Works with any composited X desktop (compiz, xfce4, ...)
* Works also on non-composited desktop
* Included ability to apply themes (SVG, PNG or mixed)
* Fully scalable when using SVGs
* Embedded drag&drop-support
* Automated storing of options (using ini or GConf)
* Controllable through customizable D-Bus service
* Can be used together with compiz' widget-plugin to create a
Dashboard-like feature as seen on OS X
* Uses Cairo and GTK2 for drawing and windowing
Home Page: http://forum.go-compiz.org/viewtopic.php?t=358
Interface: Graphical (Gtk)
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python-evolution Python bindings for the evolution libraries
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python-gnome2-desktop Python bindings for the GNOME desktop environment
python-gnome2-extras Python bindings for the GNOME desktop environment
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python-gtkmozembed Python bindings for the GtkMozEmbed Gecko library
python-imaging Python Imaging Library
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xcompmgr X composition manager
xfconf utilities for managing settings in Xfce
xfwm4 window manager of the Xfce project
Available deb Repositories (how-to add a respository)
Debian 32-bit 64-bit
stable 0.1.2-7 0.1.2-7
testing 0.1.2-7 0.1.2-7
sid 0.1.2-8 0.1.2-8

Ubuntu 32-bit 64-bit
lucid 0.1.2-7ubuntu1 0.1.2-7ubuntu1
precise 0.1.6-0ubuntu1 0.1.6-0ubuntu1

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