Howtoforge published a howto about displaying weather and system information on a GNOME desktop with gDesklets
This tutorial shows how you can display weather forecasts, system information like CPU and memory usage, news feeds, music player controls, etc. on a GNOME desktop with gDesklets. gDesklets is a programm that can place small desktop widgets on top of the user's desktop.Displaying Weather And System Information On A GNOME Desktop With gDesklets
