Screenlets

[wifiuk]

i have seen a few people about with what look like screenlets using kali linux,

anyone know how they do this?

[dhs]

I haven't used them in Kali, but since it's based on Debian and GNOME 3 you may install them as you would in any other Debian-based distro (Debian itself, Ubuntu, Mint, etc.).

[zimmaro]

i have seen a few people about with what look like screenlets using kali linux,

anyone know how they do this?

hi
I do not know if we're talking about the same thing ..but if possibly this can be of help..
http://oi59.tinypic.com/dfb0x.jpg

[wifiuk]

hi
I do not know if we're talking about the same thing ..but if possibly this can be of help..
http://oi59.tinypic.com/dfb0x.jpg

that is correct, but when i do a search for screenlets or screenlet i get nothing back

[zimmaro]

that is correct, but when i do a search for screenlets or screenlet i get nothing back

ri-hi
have your kali machine "default-repo"? what version of kali do you have? my test is on 1.09ax64(update) --live-mode
http://it.tinypic.com/view.php?pic=f...8#.VIBBOTGG82s

[wifiuk]

ri-hi
have your kali machine "default-repo"? what version of kali do you have? my test is on 1.09ax64(update) --live-mode
http://it.tinypic.com/view.php?pic=f...8#.VIBBOTGG82s

[zimmaro]

mmm..i ""THINK"" the problem is related to your "old/obsolete" repository ... but i'm not expert ... maybe someone else can advise ..the correct procedure to update them along with an upgrade of the distro !!!
i Don't Know if apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade ..solved your issue..
good luck

[wifiuk]

tried that already same issues

[wifiuk]

tried that already same issues

manually added the sources in your screenshot and its updating now , an extra 425MB of updates.

Why did mine not have that in there in the first place?

Anyway this then worked

[dhs]

I just made a quick experiment with Conky. This fits your image of "Screenlets" quite well:
http://oi60.tinypic.com/34erkv4.jpg

This is just a really simple setup. Combinig it with shell scripts one could also be able to display network traffic or such right on the desktop.
For me, dmesg, auth.log and some system information were sufficient.

Kali also has conky in its repositories. Only optional programm you might want to add is Conky-Manager, for easier manipulation of size and location.

[muts]

You're missing the standard repositories in Kali Linux - http://docs.kali.org/general-use/kal...t-repositories
Reading the installation docs is always recommended.