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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 5th Jun 2008 22:18 UTC

"Google has announced the official release of Desktop Gadgets for Linux and is distributing the source code under the open-source Apache software license. Although there are still bugs and the implementation is not yet entirely complete, it works well enough for day-to-day use."

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RE[5]: ...

by SlackerJack on Fri 6th Jun 2008 00:11 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: ..."

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2005-11-12

You may want to read this then http://aseigo.blogspot.com/2008/06/google-gadgets.html

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by Hiev on Fri 6th Jun 2008 00:36 in reply to "RE[5]: ..."

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2005-09-27

That would mean more people writing Google Gadgets and less people writing plasma gadgets or plasmoids.

For cross desktop/OS compatibility I would choose to program Google Gadgets.

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by MamiyaOtaru on Fri 6th Jun 2008 09:14 in reply to "RE[6]: ..."

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2005-11-11

If google gadgets integrate into Plasma, I don't see how that would necessarily be a bad thing for Plasma.

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