I have (almost) finished it ! xfce-i8k-plugin

[Marc REYNES]

Here it is : 
http://marc.stock1.free.fr/xfce4-i8k-plugin/

I have some problem to size the gtkProgressbar to the right size
i'll try to fix that tomorrow (and the orientation stuff, and the fan monitor and controling stuff, the net/free/open*bsd support, etc..etc...:) 

keep in touch
and thank to Benedikt to help me warm up my programming skills!