Hi!

I've been using KDE4 since Kubuntu Hardy 8.04 came out and even prior to the upgraded releases found it really enjoyable to use. The one thing that gave me a bit of a learning curve is widgets--I've seen the YouTube videos of what they can do, but all I have on my system are the basic ones. There's an option in the "Add Widgets" under the cashew to add widgets from the internet, but I can't seem to make that function work--I get the browser window, but nothing comes up and I can't see any way to enter a URL like kde-look.org.

Are there new or different widgets out there? How do I find them? For instance, I'd love a simple calculator, calendar, or stickynotes widget.

Thanks in advance.

Jensoko

Some Widgets are in kdeplasma-addons. The Ghns feature doesnt work yet.

IMHO features that do not work should be disabled. I think this is the case in KDE4. But some features can easily be disabled by not showing a widget, e.g. the "Get Hot New Stuff" Button in the "Add widgets" dialog.

Another possibility is to disable the buttons, so the users can already take a glimpse of what they expect in the future. But this could also confuse them.

Cheers, m.

I've compiled both PowerDevil (which is more than just a widget and a must have for notebook users) and QuickAccess from source, two widgets I recommend very much.

The problem with most widgets on KDE-apps.org is that they're not binaries, so you'll have to compile them yourself. If you're not against installing developer packages and doing some stuff on the command line, this guide I wrote might be of some use. It's written for Debian, but on Ubuntu flavours it might also work - some packages are named differently, I believe.

Thanks, Mensch. I'm still not quite up to speed on compiling or dev activities--this is my primary machine and I'm cautious about experimenting.