Changes

If you've spent any time with Windows Vista you may have seen the small applets that run on the desktop, things such as a clock and a weather widget. It will probably come as no surprise to you that Linux had feature features like this long before Windows Vista came along. In fact, if you have used the KDE Linux desktop extensively you may have come across a similar feature called SuperKaramba. On the openSUSE GNOME desktop this functionality is provided by technology called ''gDesklets''. The creators of the gDesklets technology call it ''Eye candy for the desktop'', and once you've had a change to see them in action you will understand why.

The first step is to configure the openSUSe openSUSE package management system so that it access the repository containing the gDesklets packages. This is currently the ''openSUSE Builde Build Service GNOME:STABLE'' repository. To add this to the list of active repositories click on ''Computer'' in the panel at the bottom of the desktop and select ''Control Center'' from the panel. In the ''Control Center'' scroll down the list of options until you reach the ''YaST'' option. Click on this to invoke the ''YaST'' tool. In ''YaST'' scroll down to the ''Community Repositories'' option in the ''Software'' group and click on it. In the ''Community Repositories'' set the check box next to ''openSUSE Builde Service GNOME:STABLE'' and click ''Finish''. The new repository will be added to the system.

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