Rendering/drawing on the desktop wallpaper using Python (In Ubuntu with Gnome)

Is there a way to render/draw on the Ubuntu Gnome desktop in Python 2.6+? I'd like to write a custom app with features like Rainmeter on Windows to display informa开发者_Python百科tion from servers, feeds, etc.

I've tried the code http://blog.prashanthellina.com/2007/08/24/drawing-on-your-desktop/ but it doesn't work. It just creates a new window and draws on it.

Stumbled on this question whilst playing with conky conky on sourceforge - it can draw to the desktop and can be configured to display information such as weather feeds, mail etc..

Check gdesklets out. It seems to be a Python-friendly framework for doing exactly what you want to.