To change the zip code for the clearweather screenlet, so you can view weather for your current location, rightclick on the screenlet and select zip code from the popup menu. Displaying weather and system information on a gnome. Today well take a look at a few clock widgets and weather widgets that easily set up on your linux desktop. Clearweather desktop screenlet and other screenlets. It displays the current weather situation and a week forecast for your location through indicator menu andor a desktop widget. Install windows like desktop widgets in ubuntu linux with screenlets.
Screenlets, a widget framework for linux, was updated to work with ubuntu 16. While normal users tend to stay away from the linux command line for obvious reasons, power users are the complete opposite, which means that they are always looking for good command line alternatives to guibased software they use, be it downloading a file from the internet, sending a. Explore 21 apps like screenlets, all suggested and ranked by the alternativeto user community. Im on the lookout for a method to control programs in a windows environment.
Due it is based on knoppix and debian, feather offers synaptic for package managing. I believe the app is only going to get better and we are going to be getting a pretty sweet weather app for linux. These make it incredibly easy to find out the local weather for today, tomorrow andor next week from the comfort of the linux desktop, without needing to open a web browser or mobile app. Aweather was created in the summer of 2008 and functions as a nexrad level ii radar display program. You can add as many locations as you want, and select a location by right clicking, and you can also choose what information to display the widget. This is linuxwide in all repositories and sites like this one. Screenlets easily add widgets to your linux desktop. How to install screenlets for desktop widgets in linux mint 12 tip. Weather, open weather map, weather underground, world weather online, forecast. The reason of my search is that i need to start a program on windows with an identifier, so i later would be able to close that specific program, without closing anything else even though the actual program.
It has a friendly user interface and is easy to setup. It was originally developed by rico pfaus, helder fraga and natan yellin for unixlike operating system. Get weather information using my weather indicator. Drag the screenlet to its desired position and then right click the clearweather desktop screenlet and change its size to one that suits you, then right click again properties options weather zip paste or type the woeid code where on earth id apply. It uses modern software concepts, making it simple, robust, and easy to extend. If thats what you use because you dont know about meteo then you probably should take meteo for a spin you just might prefer it. Installing my weather indicator isnt hard, if you know how to install third party ppas in ubuntu. Though there are a few available in software center, i would recommend myweatherindicator which is developed by atareao team. After youve downloaded crossover check out our youtube tutorial video to the left, or visit the crossover chrome os walkthrough for specific steps. This video is about the top three weather applications for linux. The same name screenlets refers to the engine as well as widget that runs on it. How to install screenlets for desktop widgets in linux mint 12.
I first noticed this screenlet in an screenshot on deviantart by billishere and fell in love with its simplicity. The somewhat confusinglynamed my weather indicator puts the current temperature in ubuntus top panel. Feather linux iso image features a set of applications for many tasks, such as. Weewx is a free, open source, software program, written in python, which interacts with your weather station to produce graphs, reports, and html pages. Gisweather deeply and easily customizable widget for the linux desktop that displays detailed weather forecast. The screenlets package was removed from the official ubuntu 16. I just call them my little ones, but look at the official wording, what is the screenlet.
Cumulus a real time weather app for linux desktops. Screenlets lets you spice up your ubuntulinux mint. This program is based on the example by seedstudio, and displays weather data on a small tft display. Linux desktop weather radar application posted 03162009 at 04. Yeah it doesnt look glossy or fancy and nor does it spin. At present it can work with data from the bbc, yahoo. By joshua price posted on nov 4, 2010 nov 4, 2010 in linux. How to get weather information on your ubuntu desktop. Sorry i was in ubuntu in windows 10 wsl for spring 2018 updates when i captured this image. With the use of linux, the nws has seen decreases in cost even as they increase their computing performance, which, through systems like awips and mesoscale model forecasting, allows them to get more accurate warnings quicker in order to protect the public. The clearweather screenlet should now display the weather for you chosen location.
Screenlets, the desktop widget framework for linux, was once the apple of eyecandy fans everywhere. With it, you can get clock and weather information conveniently it provides accurate local weather information like highestlowest temperature and current weather conditions. The goal of this application is to fulfill a need through providing ample weather information without excessive cost and size that is not limited to the linux operating system. This is my first attempt to receive data with an arduino and the esp8266 wifimodule. Open the terminal, then run the following commands. This widgetis a full featured, completely customizable digital clock and weather forecast widget. Screenlets is an open source pythonbased tool that allows you to add widgets to your desktop such as rss readers, weather, countdown, clock, folder view, sensors, calendars, a conkylike system information widget, among others widget options. Sukrit dhandhania have you ever seen the mac os x desktop and wished all that eye candy were available for linux. Using screenlet avoids using the hefty and bulky softwares which occupy more space and also consumes more energy. Operates with most of the digital weather stations available from ambient weather. So now open a new terminal emulator on your machine and be ready to try some cool tools that will help to get weather conditions on linux anytime you need it.
It can show you the forecast for 1 to 5 days, in metric or imperial and also can use ssl for security. The weather desklet displays current and forecast weather on your cinnamon. The weather desklet is a desklet for the cinnamon desktop. A simpler way to achieve the same goal, although less technically complex ones, is to use screenlets screenlets is an open source pythonbased tool that allows you add widgets to your desktop.
The creation of the linux weather forecast is a way to improve on one of the operating systems key strengths its opensource development model. Infopanel takes a bit of time to tailor it to your needs, but once done its fantastic, much better than conky that isnt as easy to set up. He looks like conky, but you dont have to worry about any codes or scripts. Check weather details from command line in linux and unix. Now, let us see how to check weather details from command line using utility and curl command. Now you can jazz up your linux desktop with desklets nifty little windows that float on your desktop and display information such as weather updates, system monitors, and calenders. Dont forget to return to share your experience with us in the comments.
It introduced the desktop widgets that could show weather, memory usages, sticky. Our award winning vcl framework for windows and firemonkey fmx visual framework for crossplatform uis provide you. Screenlets lets you spice up your ubuntulinux mint desktop screenlets is basically a widgets engine which run small applications on the desktop called widgets, it is written in python and licensed under gpl. I like to have several instances of the screeenlet open to show the weather for cities where my friends and family live around the world. Popular alternatives to screenlets for windows, mac, linux, android, bsd and more. I first noticed this screenlet in an screenshot on deviantart by billishere and fell in. Runs on all windows 32bit operating systems, including windows 9598ntme2000xp. I obsessively check the weather forecast wherever i go, and using a desktop weather app for linux helps me do that faster, and less effort. So there are a couple of handy desktop widgets that are available for your linux desktop. On the zip code dialog box, enter the desired zip code in the edit box and click ok. Best clock and weather widgets for linux linuxandubuntu. This tutorial shows how you can display weather forecasts, system information like cpu and memory usage, news feeds, music player controls, etc.
Screenlets are small ownerdrawn applications written in python that can be described as the virtual representation of things lyingstanding around on your desk. Once upon a time, there used to be a very popular app called stormcloud. You also can install conky to show weather info on you desktop, but this can be. And fast, accurate weather forecasting is what the national weather service is all about. As said above, these widgets are small and hence easy to develop. My weather indicator, as the name suggests, is basically an indicator app that sits in your ubuntu boxs system tray, allowing you to quickly access any weatherrelated information you want with just a click of mouse. Predicting the weather with linux at the national weather. I installed it for sysmonitor, the rubbish bin, and calendar.
Screenlets lets you spice up your ubuntulinux mint desktop. Adding a widescreen monitor in linux ghacks tech news. Wego is a cool weather client for your linux terminal, it will display the weather in ascii. There are plenty of websites that provide different interesting yet useful screenlets for your linux. It comes with a choice of icons and plenty of options for configuring how it looks, and for those who like to keep an eye on the weather in several locations it supports multiple instances. Cumulus is a small and light weight app that does not take up much space on your desktop window or system. Designed specially to run on x11based compositing windows manager like compiz. Other platforms like windows and macos have pretty good weather. It sure has more features than our previously covered simple weather indicator.
This is how we can install simple weather indicator application in ubuntu 16. The screenlets application is quiet stable and mature project. One method you can use to get widgets on your linux desktop is conky but setting up custom configurations can be a bit too technical for some people. This clock and weather app with widget is here waiting for you.
Wego is a command line utility used to display the weather details of given location. Yeah it doesnt look glossy or fancy and nor does it spin, speak or run a set command when. Screenlets is an application software released under gnu gpl. Screenlets, a widget framework for linux, was updated to work with. Though weather forecasting is a notoriously inexact science, thanks to voice assistants, popup notifications, and buzzing smartwatches, its easier than ever to keep tabs on the days weather. Screenlets are the linux alternative for windows gadgets. Within a few seconds a big, brash weather chart will blink in to view. It will show you the temperature, the wind speed and direction, the viewing distance and the precipitation amount and probability. I had a feeling there would be a bit of an issue when i plugged it into my elive compiz installation that isnt as userfriendly as, say, a ubuntu installation. Firefox, gaim, abiword, mplayer with all the needed plugins, xmms with a handful of plugins, sylpheed, abiword, pidgin, roxfiler, and a lot more.
How to install screenlets for desktop widgets in linux. Weve previously discussed how to set up your screenlets, but weve never put together a showcase of the best ones. Maybe you never thought to get weather forecasts from linux commandline, but you never know until you read an article from me. If you are developer you can write your own screenlets for the screenlets engine.
The gis weather widget is highly customizable but the indicator only displays the current weather while my weather indicator offers much more weather information in the indicator like the pressure, humidity, wind and so on, along with quick access to a 3 to 5day weather forecast depending on the weather service youre using and other useful info. If you found this article useful then like us, share this post on your preferred social media, subscribe our newsletter or if you have something to say then feel free to comment on the comment box below. Ive done that to include weather, date, time and distribution information as detailed in this answer. As many of you know, im the creator and maintainer of stormpredator, a windows desktop weather radar application but i didnt choose the name. Hello everyone, and welcome to todays video on byte of linux. Display the weather and a four day forcast right on your desktop with this minimal screenlet. Virtual weather station is the most popular and complete solution available for connecting your weather station to your personal computer and the internet. While normal users tend to stay away from the linux command line for obvious reasons, power users are the complete opposite, which means that they are always looking for good command line alternatives to guibased software they use, be it downloading a file from the internet, sending a tweet, etc. Cumulus weather app for linux desktop linuxandubuntu. How to access weather forecasts from linux command line. It can optionally publish to weather sites or web servers. If youve never tried desktop screenlets, youre missing out. Fantastic screenlet, but there is one bug the screenlet shows the system time of the pc, not the time in the city that is selected. How to check weather details from command line in linux.
Install my weather indicator with desktop widget in ubuntu. Myweatherindicator is an advanced desktop weather app for ubuntu unity. Simple weather indicator lets you keep an eye on weather conditions. To install screenlets in ubuntu and other linux distributions based on ubuntu such as. Displaying weather and system information on a gnome desktop with gdesklets.
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