Showing hostname and IP on desktop

[Marlon]

2010/8/24 Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>

> On 24 August 2010 16:40, Oliver Marshall <Oliver.Marshall at g2support.com>
> wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Is there an app that will show the systems hostname and/or IP address on
> the
> > desktop?  On the windows machines here we use a great app that adds
> various
> > items of info to the users desktop wallpaper so it's easy for them to see
> > the hostname, IP, serial etc.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
>
> There's a little app in the repositories called Conky that can display
> that and tons more.
>
> More info here:
> http://conky.sourceforge.net/
>
> You don't need to download it - you can just add it from the Software
> Centre or using Synaptic if you prefer.
>
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if is just ip,
sudo apt-get instal giplet
and add to gonme panel

*Giplet* <http://giplet.sourceforge.net/> cheers
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Marlon Valério
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