Comment 4 for bug 1012247

I don't believe there is much chance to have Screenlets installed to Ubuntu by default, but I certainly welcome your enthusiasm.

Only distro which includes Screenlets by default is Estobuntu, and there I added it myself (see http://www.upload.ee/image/1793333/Screenshot_at_2011-10-22_17_44_50.png and http://juhend.estobuntu.org/), although not all users welcome it. Even Pinguy OS which has lots of bling, has only Conky. I tend to think that Screenlets demands too much resources for universal distro like Ubuntu, even distros like Pinguy avoid it.

See also some quite old Ubuntu brainstorm entries:

Add Screenlets by default http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/392
Screenlets or Widgets need development http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/19443/

I am quite sure that Ubuntu desktop team has discussed Screenlets or whatever other desktop widgets and decided to concentrate on Lenses etc in Unity and try to get rid of the old cluttered desktop. I think I have read that kind of discussions couple of times.