Screenlets are mini-applications (widgets) you can use on your desktop to "improve the usability and eye-candy of the modern composited Linux-desktop". The "Screenlets" application is used to run and display these widgets on your desktop.
The goal of the Screenlets base-classes is to simplify the creation of fully themeable 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:
- Easy to use, easy to develop
- Hundreds of Screenlets available
- Install and run Superkaramba themes
- install google gadgets youminis widgets spring widgets with the widget converter
- Load web apps just like prism
- Full compositing support
- Non composite support (metacity etc)
- Works with any composited X desktop (compiz, xfce4, ...)
- Included themeing-abilities (SVG, PNG or mixed)
- Fully scalable when using SVGs
- Embedded drag&drop-support
- Automated storing of options (using ini or gconf)
- Controllable through customizable DBus-service
- Can be used together with compiz' widget-plugin to create a Dashboard-like feature as seen on OS X
- Free, open-source and released under the GPL
- Uses cairo and GTK2 for drawing and windowing
To install Screenlets on Ubuntu/Linux Mint open Terminal (Press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy the following commands in the Terminal:
If you want to enjoy some more screenlets, you should enter the following command in Terminal:
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:screenlets/ppa
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install screenlets
Here is HomePage of ScreenLets. That's it
- sudo apt-get install screenlets-pack-all
