SuperKaramba is, in simple terms, a tool that allows you to easily
create interactive eye-candy on your KDE desktop. Currently, only Linux
is officially supported.  

How does it work?  
Theme writers create themes, or text files that define their widget.
Then they can optionally add python scripting to make their widget
interactive. The possibilities are endless!   

Here are just some examples of the things that can be done:  
Display system information such as CPU Usage, MP3 playing, etc.  
Create cool custom toolbars that work any way imaginable 

Themes in SuperKaramba consist of two parts:  
1. A .theme file that defines the shape and size of the theme, and possibly many other things.  
 

Basic Instructions for creating the .theme file.

 
2. A .py file that adds interactivity to the theme. Basically, whenever
an event happens, such as the user clicking the mouse on your theme, a
function is called in your python script to let you react to the event.
 
Basic Instructions for writing the .py file.

Quick Links:

This works for KDE 3.x:

On your keyboard press ALT+F2 and then type kcontrol into the input
field, then, press [ENTER].

Now you have started the KDE Control Center, and from here you'll be able to install icon themes. On the left bar select : Appearance & Themes->Icons.

Here you can choose between installed themes and install new ones.

Note: Many people make the mistake of unpacking packages, this is wrong, the icon installer expect to open a compressed package files that usually have extensions like: *.tar.gz , *.tgz, *.tar.bz2

The short and simple answer to all
these questions is: Yes, you can. The longer answer is: Yes,
you can, if you comply with the appropriate license.

The first version of the Crystal Icons was created by Everaldo. Later others
joined, among them the highly productive Torsten. They are licensed under the
LGPL. To prevent possible misunderstandings an add-on is added to the license
notice:

This copyright and license notice covers the images in this directory.

Note the license notice contains an add-on.

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KDE Crystal theme icons.

Copyright (C) 2002 and following years KDE Artists

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or

modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public

License as published by the Free Software Foundation,

version 2.1 of the License.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,

but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of

MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU

Lesser General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public

License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software

Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA

    **** NOTE THIS ADD-ON ****

The GNU Lesser General Public License or LGPL is written for software libraries

in the first place. We expressly want the LGPL to be valid for this artwork

library too.

KDE Crystal theme icons is a special kind of software library, it is an

artwork library, it's elements can be used in a Graphical User Interface, or

GUI.

Source code, for this library means:

 - for vectors svg;

 - for pixels, if applicable, the multi-layered formats xcf or psd, or

otherwise png.

The LGPL in some sections obliges you to make the files carry

notices. With images this is in some cases impossible or hardly useful.

With this library a notice is placed at a prominent place in the directory

containing the elements. You may follow this practice.

The exception in section 6 of the GNU Lesser General Public License covers

the use of elements of this art library in a GUI.

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