Go Go Google Gadgets -or- My BAAC

After seeing that Google Gadgets was now available for Linux I thought I would give it a try. I had tried gDesklets a couple of years ago and it just didn't work for me. There was not enough going on and the desklets weren't updated regularly. But now with Google Gadgets there is access to a growing library of cross-platform applications that can run on any desktop. Google is even putting money out there to encourage developers to write good applications.

On Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron I had to install the following packages. If you can't run make, of course:

sudo apt-get install build-essential

Then for libs:

sudo apt-get install zlib1g-dev libmozjs-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libxml2-dev xulrunner-1.9-dev libdbus-1-dev libgst reamer-plugins-base0.10-dev libqt4-dev libqtwebkit-dev libsqlite3-dev

Then follow the instructions here.

Here is what my BAAC (Big Ass Analog Clock) looks like ...