Google Gadgets for Linux 0.10.1

Thursday, August 14, 2008 at 1:08 PM

Posted by James Yum, Developer Programs Engineer (Google Desktop Team)

Google Gadgets for Linux 0.10.1 has been released. For an overview of what's changed, check out James Su's post on the Inside Google Desktop blog. Some interesting details about this release:

• It includes a new, Linux version of Gadget Designer, implemented as a built-in gadget (yes, it's a gadget!)


• It's compatible with more gadgets, including the 2008 Summer Games gadget, which lets you keep track of the games on your Linux desktop

Google Gadgets for Linux

Tuesday, June 03, 2008 at 8:25 PM

Posted by Kathy Walrath, Technical Writer (Google Desktop Team)

Google Desktop for Linux has been around almost a year, but without support for gadgets. Now, thanks to a new open-source project, you can play with gadgets on Linux and view the source code for the gadget platform. If you want to get involved, you can contribute fixes to the gadget platform before it's released to the general public.

For details, read Jim Zhuang's post.