I just use gkrellm. It has a weather plugin, and all sorts of other goodies. Themes too. Jay > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Sherman [mailto:dsherman at real-time.com] > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 1:39 PM > To: TC-LUG > Subject: Re: [TCLUG] wmweather alternative? > > > On Mon, 2001-11-26 at 13:57, Lorry wrote: > > Right now I have wmweather to tell me about the > temperature, etc. but I'm > > wondering if there is a similar app that has a "general > description" of the > > condition, e.g. instead of "Temp: 33 F, Dew: 32 F, Prs: > 29.95, Hum: 93%, > > Wnd: ENE 20" what I really want to know is "33 F and > snowing." Well, the wind > > speed is nice too. :) Is there anything that will tell me > when it's snowing, > > raining, mostly cloudy and that sort of thing? It doesn't > have to have the > > cute little pictures of snowflakes and smiling sunshines > like they have on > > TV weather reports, just any indication. > > I know there is an app that displays temperature only (I > thought about getting > > that before since I don't know what to do with dewpoint and > pressure info > > anyway) but I'd really like the snowing/raining type info. > > I'm using Gnome Weather (gweather) 0.05, and it gives me the > temp plus a > small image showing current conditions. I can right-click to get a > detailed dialog box with a weather map, forecast, and more info on > current conditions. It docks into the Gnome panel, but I > don't know what > it would do in either Afterstep's or Window Maker's wharf. > > Dave > -- > Earth -- mother of the most beautiful women in the universe. > -- Apollo, "Who Mourns for Adonais?" stardate 3468.1 > > _______________________________________________ > Twin Cities Linux Users Group Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. > Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >