Google Gadgets on Ubuntu

Google has just launched Google Gadgets for Linux. Google has extended this tool to Linux, as Windows and Mac users are already enjoying these for a while. If you are using XP, you must have a look at Yahoo Widgets. Vista and MAC users already have this and I don't think they want more. For a bit help I am providing a simple procedure to install Google Gadgets on Ubuntu 8.04.

Go to System —> Administration —> Software Sources, click on the Third-Party tab, then "Add" the following lines

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/googlegadgets/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/googlegadgets/ubuntu hardy main

Then click Close and Reload.

To install Google Gadgets using the following command from terminal

sudo aptitude install google-gadgets

This completes installation.

To run Google Gadgets Press Alt+F2 and type "ggl-gtk" to launch Google Gadgets on desktop and "ggl-gtk -s -bg" for Google Gadgets in sidebar.