Cairo Dock 3.2 Released With Improved Multi-Screen And GNOME Shell Support, More

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://Cairo Dock">Cairo Dock</a> (Glx Dock) is a launcher / task manager that comes with a huge list of applets and configuration options. </b><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-55i8vco7xOU/UVBKNF76BEI/AAAAAAAAOqg/pBFl8kaacZ8/s1600/cairo-dock.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cairo dock" border="0" height="116" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-55i8vco7xOU/UVBKNF76BEI/AAAAAAAAOqg/pBFl8kaacZ8/s320/cairo-dock.png" title="cairo dock" width="320" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />It can be used with any desktop environment / shell, so it works with GNOME Shell, Unity, Xfce, KDE and so on. There's also a stand-alone Cairo Dock session - select "Cairo Dock" from the login menu to use it.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the applets included by default with Cairo Dock are: applications menu, appindicators, keyboard indicator, Ubuntu Messaging Menu, session control, mail, quick file browser, notification area, screen luminosity, screenshot, sound control, stacks, system monitor, desktop switcher, terminal, weather, weblets and more. </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h0rNHUwgH_Y/UVBKTE8hl0I/AAAAAAAAOqo/3RLZ8Un3f2w/s1600/cairo-dock-gnome-shell.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cairo dock" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-h0rNHUwgH_Y/UVBKTE8hl0I/AAAAAAAAOqo/3RLZ8Un3f2w/s320/cairo-dock-gnome-shell.png" title="cairo dock" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Multiple Cairo Dock instances (left, bottom) in GNOME Shell</td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cairo Dock 3.2 has been released recently and it includes many changes:</b></div><ul style="text-align: justify;"><li>improved multi-screen support: you can now choose the screen for each dock (or all screens), support for desktop names, more;</li><li>new applets: Screenshot and Indicator-Generic (a plugin to display all the available Ubuntu indicators into the dock; you can define a blacklist if you don't want some indicators to show up);</li><li>new Sound Effects plugin which adds sounds to some actions on the icons;</li><li>better GNOME Shell support (for instance, all windows with the same class are displayed);</li><li>GDM user switching support;</li><li>the note taking applet can now work without Tomboy or Gnote;</li><li>Systemd support (Arch Linux, Fedora, etc.) for session management;</li><li>icons and overlays should be less blurry;</li><li>improved most plugins/applets: Application Menu, Clock, Gvfs integration (you can now mount encrypted volumes that require a password, various fixes), Keyboard Indicator, etc.;</li><li>more!</li></ul><br />For the official release notes, see <a href="http://glx-dock.org/bg_topic.php?t=6792">THIS</a> page.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">If you want to see Cairo Dock in action before installing it, here's a video with version 3.1 (so it's not the latest Cairo Dock 3.2, but you should still get an idea on most of its features):</div><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2isiqVEcaio" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2isiqVEcaio">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Cairo Dock</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest stable Cairo Dock using the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Debian</b> users can install the latest Cairo Dock from the official Cairo Dock Debian repository - installation instructions <a href="http://glx-dock.org/ww_page.php?p=From%20the%20repository&lang=en#3-Debian">HERE</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">In Arch Linux, Cairo Dock can be installed via <a href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cairo-dock/">AUR</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For other Linux distributions you can grab the Cairo Dock source from <a href="https://launchpad.net/cairo-dock-core">Launchpad</a>.</div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>seen on <a href="http://www.lffl.org/2013/03/cairo-dock-32-migliora-il-supporto-per.html">lffl.org</a></i></div>

Cairo Dock 3.2 Released With Improved Multi-Screen And GNOME Shell Support, More

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How To Install Avant Window Navigator In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Avant Window Navigator, a very popular dock a while back, has been deleted from the official Ubuntu 12.10 repositories, so to make it easier to install, I've uploaded it to the main WebUpd8 PPA.</b><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/avant-window-navigator.png"><img alt="Avant Window Navigator" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/avant-window-navigator_thumb.png" /></a></div><br /><a name='more'></a>Please note though, that since AWN hasn't been updated in a long time, some applets won't work!</div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Although the application isn't used as much as a few years ago, it's can still be useful on various desktop environments / shells like GNOME Shell, Xfce, GNOME fallback session and so on. So here's how to install it in Ubuntu 12.10.</div><br /><br /><h2>Install Avant Window Navigator In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal</h2><br /><b>To add the main WebUpd8 PPA and install Avant Window Navigator in Ubuntu 12.10, use the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator</code></pre><br />For older Ubuntu versions, you don't need to add our PPA since AWN is available in the official repositories so you can install it via Ubuntu Software Center.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">In other AWN-related news: today I've pushed a <b>patch from BZR to the DockBarX PPA which fixes the DockBarX Avant Window Navigator applet</b>:</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/avant-window-navigator-dockbarx.png"><img alt="Avant Window Navigator DockBarX" src="http://netupd8.com/w8img2/avant-window-navigator-dockbarx_thumb.png" /></a></div><br />To install it, see our previous DockBarX article: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/dockbarx-sees-new-release-now-available.html">DockBarX Sees New Release, Now Available For MATE Desktop Too</a><br /><br /><br /><i>You may also want to see: <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2010/10/video-how-to-customize-avant-window.html">Video: How To Customize Avant Window Navigator - Lucido Style</a></i>

How To Install Avant Window Navigator In Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal

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DockBarX Sees New Release, Now Available For MATE Desktop Too

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GdjZjwc8yFw/UIg6PC3g6uI/AAAAAAAALRA/5gMOCGdTjSA/s1600/dockbarx_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="dockbarx" border="0" height="107" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GdjZjwc8yFw/UIg6PC3g6uI/AAAAAAAALRA/5gMOCGdTjSA/s320/dockbarx_3.png" title="dockbarx" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=101604">DockBarX</a> 0.90.3 has been released</b>. For those not familiar with DockBarX, this is an application launcher / switcher that works as a GNOME2 panel applet, Avant Window Navigator applet or as a stand-alone dock. With the new version, I've also packaged it for MATE so you can use it as a MATE panel applet.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">DockBarX features: </div><ul><li>pin applications to the taskbar</li><li>quick access to recent, related and most used documents with the help of Zeitgeist</li><li>Unity quicklists, badges and progress bars support</li><li>Window previews (requires Compiz and the KDE Compatibility plugin enabled in CCSM) - this feature is buggy with recent Compiz versions</li><li>DockManager support (so you can use Docky helpers in DockBarX)</li><li>Media buttons support (play/pause, etc.)</li><li>Highly configurable, both in appearance and functionality (keyboard shortcuts, etc.), includes beautiful themes by default</li><li>DockX (DockBarX as a stand-alone dock) can be positioned anywhere on the screen, supports panel and dock modes, comes with autohide, dodge active window or all windows, can be resized and more</li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><br /><b>New features in the new DockBarX 0.90 series:</b><br /><ul><li>the stand-alone dock supports applets; included applets: Cardapio menu (requires the <a href="https://launchpad.net/~cardapio-team/+archive/unstable">Cardapio PPA</a>), a clock, <b>appindicator</b> (running appindicators are displayed on DockX), volume control and namebar (can show the window buttons / titlebar on the dock)</li><li>new / updated themes which now work with both horizontal and vertical dock orientation without any changes</li><li>updated appearence tab in DockBarX Preferences</li><li>the width of window titles in window list can be specified now if no previews are used</li><li>bug fixes</li></ul><br /><b>Here are a few DockBarX screenshots:</b><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdtN6W-pOWY/UIg6L7Y9VLI/AAAAAAAALQs/QOAHYx-vjZc/s1600/dockbarx-mate.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="dockbarx" border="0" height="202" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZdtN6W-pOWY/UIg6L7Y9VLI/AAAAAAAALQs/QOAHYx-vjZc/s320/dockbarx-mate.png" title="dockbarx" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DockBarX running as a MATE panel applet (Linux Mint MATE Edition)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x6Cpj_yGIUc/UIg6MhFnAYI/AAAAAAAALQw/LBcKoJXoaKo/s1600/dockbarx_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="dockbarx" border="0" height="162" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x6Cpj_yGIUc/UIg6MhFnAYI/AAAAAAAALQw/LBcKoJXoaKo/s320/dockbarx_1.png" title="dockbarx" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DockX (stand-alone dock)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y6hVIpBF8QQ/UIg6N3BVhRI/AAAAAAAALQ4/kEfIecoeO-Y/s1600/dockbarx_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="dockbarx" border="0" height="166" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y6hVIpBF8QQ/UIg6N3BVhRI/AAAAAAAALQ4/kEfIecoeO-Y/s320/dockbarx_2.png" title="dockbarx" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DockX using the panel mode</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0Ag0YZt5lk/UIg6QnM26HI/AAAAAAAALRI/lVRtbgn4qe4/s1600/dockbarx_4.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="dockbarx" border="0" height="223" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0Ag0YZt5lk/UIg6QnM26HI/AAAAAAAALRI/lVRtbgn4qe4/s320/dockbarx_4.png" title="dockbarx" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">DockX - vertical panel mode</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install DockBarX in Ubuntu / Linux Mint</h2><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>To install DockBarX in Ubuntu / Linux Mint, use the following commands:</b></div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dockbar-main/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install dockbarx</code></pre><br />Then launch "DockX" from the menu.<br /><br /><b>MATE Desktop users: instead of the last command above, use:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install dockbarx-mate<br />killall mate-panel</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Installing the MATE package remove the other DockBarX packages, because I've set them up as different packages (to avoid conflicts), but all the functionality is still there, so even if you install dockbarx-mate, you can still use DockX if you want.</div><br /><b>To install the DockBarX Avant Window Navigator applet, addthe PPA using the commands above and then install the applet using:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install awn-applet-dockbarx</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Arch Linux users can install DockBarX via <a href="http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=25373">AUR</a> (includes optional MATE support). For other Linux distributions, download DockBarX via <b><a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=101604">Gnome-Look</a></b>. </div><br /><b>Report any bugs you may find @ <a href="https://bugs.launchpad.net/dockbar">Launchpad</a>.</b>

DockBarX Sees New Release, Now Available For MATE Desktop Too

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Cairo Dock 3.1 Implements More Of Unity's Functionality

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w2eTHgVtRgo/UIUyH6oPsUI/AAAAAAAALK0/kkT5UUnUJKQ/s1600/cairo-dock_3.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="cairo dock screenshot" border="0" height="100" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-w2eTHgVtRgo/UIUyH6oPsUI/AAAAAAAALK0/kkT5UUnUJKQ/s320/cairo-dock_3.png" title="cairo dock screenshot" width="320" /></a></div><a href="http://glx-dock.org/"><br /></a> <br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://glx-dock.org/">Cairo Dock</a> is a tool that can be used as a complete panel/launcher replacement thanks to its huge list of features: besides the fancy launcher / application switcher, it comes with applets like menu, Messaging Menu, systray, trash, weather and many others.</div><br /><a name='more'></a><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0MrMEQ1O4s4/UIUyMkYjncI/AAAAAAAALK8/yYg6gDiRwOM/s1600/cairo-dock.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cairo dock screenshot" border="0" height="180" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0MrMEQ1O4s4/UIUyMkYjncI/AAAAAAAALK8/yYg6gDiRwOM/s320/cairo-dock.png" title="cairo dock screenshot" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cairo Dock using the Unity-1 theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-908JBPKB7w8/UIUyOVpISGI/AAAAAAAALLE/8FBn-FmZfaY/s1600/cairo-dock_2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="cairo dock screenshot" border="0" height="180" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-908JBPKB7w8/UIUyOVpISGI/AAAAAAAALLE/8FBn-FmZfaY/s320/cairo-dock_2.png" title="cairo dock screenshot" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Default-panel theme</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Cairo Dock 3.1</b> has been released recently, the new version featuring <b>better Unity integration: </b>support for the Launcher API, so Cairo Dock can now display badges or progress bars for the icons on the dock, just like Unity (Unity Quicklists are also supported since version 2.4), as well as a re-written Messaging Indicator for Ubuntu 12.10. <b>Other changes:</b></div><ul><li>progress bar added to several applets</li><li>the Music Player applet can control players in the systray</li><li>icons in the taskbar can be separated</li><li>2 new indicator applets have been added: for printers and the new Sync Menu available in Ubuntu 12.10</li><li>the dock now supports XRandr which should replace Xinerama and help the dock to manage multi-monitors</li><li>3 new themes</li><li>the advanced mode of the configuration panel has been improved </li><li>Recent Events applet can now display recently used applications as well</li></ul>There are many other minor improvements in the latest Cairo Dock 3.1 - check out the official <a href="http://glx-dock.org/bg_topic.php?t=6520">release notes</a> for more info.<br /><br /><br />Below you can watch a Cairo Dock 3.1 demo recorded by Matthieu Baerts, one of its developers:<br /><br /><center><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/2isiqVEcaio" width="560"></iframe><br />(<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2isiqVEcaio">direct video link</a>)</center><br /><br /><br /><h2>Install Cairo Dock in Ubuntu</h2><br /><b>Ubuntu users can install the latest Cairo Dock by using the following commands:</b><br /><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins</code></pre><br />For other Linux distributions, see the Cairo Dock <a href="http://glx-dock.org/ww_page.php?p=Accueil&lang=en#0-Installation">installation page</a>.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><i>Thanks to Matthieu for the tip!</i></div>

Cairo Dock 3.1 Implements More Of Unity's Functionality

Cairo Dock is a tool that can be used as a complete panel/launcher replacement thanks to its huge list of features: besides the fancy laun...

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