Plasma/TweakingPlasma

A Windows Vista-like sidebar with clock and news

Once again, the proof that KDE can do at least the same as Windows...

Creating panel

• Right-click on the desktop
• Click on "Add panel"
• Click on the cashew of this panel
• Drag and drop the panel to a side of the screen clicking and holding on "Screen edge"
• Configure the height and width as you wish, but keep quite wide to be able to display the widgets in it

Add widgets

• Still in the panel click "Add widgets"
• Add the Analog Clock widget and the News or RSSNow widget

Hide the panel

• Click on "More settings"
• Click on the "Auto-hide" option

You're done!

Result