On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 19:33 +0100, Clemens Eisserer wrote: > > I think I would write it as a python KDE Widget. Its presently written > > in C++ and I don't see the need for that. Gnome people might not like > > it if its written as a KDE Widget. > Well, C++ is often preferred by users because you don't need a whole > VM+runtime (and the footprint that comes with it) for a simle widget. If you are running KDE, you most certainly have PyQt installed. It appears to me that Python is becoming an important language. Many applications appear to use it. For most users I think the extra footprint would be nil.