Where to find desktop customisations?

[khinch]

Recently I have been browsing sites like kdelook.org and gnomelook.org etc, and I notice some desktop additions that do various things like display system stats, show weather forecasts and display clocks. Here is an example.

Can anyone tell me where I can find packages to do this kind of thing please? They are a little less functional and more frivolous than I generally go in for, but they add to the "wow factor" when a Windows user sees my Linux box.

[oz]

Look around for applications like gdesklets, adesklets, conky, and gkrellm.

KDE now comes with superkaramba, which also adds eyecandy to the desktop.

Of course, compiz and beryl add additional eyecandy.

[khinch]

Thanks for that! Adesklets looks good, although I think I'll try karamba first. I have now seen the karamba section in kdelook, so it was under my nose all this time!