http://conky.sourceforge.net/ <http://conky.sourceforge.net/>this can be configured to look pretty much however you want. On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 7:48 PM, <auditodd at comcast.net> wrote: > The Windows application is called "BGInfo" or BackGround Info and still > works quite well even on Windows Server 2008, > > ---------- > Todd Young > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Loren Cahlander" <loren.cahlander at gmail.com> > To: "TCLUG Mailing List" <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 3:28:46 PM > Subject: Re: [tclug-list] How do I add text to the ubuntu desktop image? > > I think that that is what I am looking for. I know that in Windows, there > is some feature to show system information on the desktop image. > > I will take a look at it. > > Thank you, > > Loren > > On Jul 14, 2010, at 12:43 PM, Andrew S. Zbikowski wrote: > > > Are you looking for something like XOSD? > > > > http://www.ignavus.net/software.html > > > > http://ldots.org/xosd-guide/ > > > > -- > > Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us > > IT Outhouse Blog Thing | http://www.itouthouse.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- Ben Lutgens Linux / Unix System Administror Three of your friends throw up after eating chicken salad. Do you think: "I should find more robust friends" or "we should check that refrigerator"? -- Donald Becker, on vortex-bug, suspecting a network-wide problem -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100714/e779966a/attachment.htm