DockBarX Available As An Xfce Panel Plugin

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iTEaulJGyPE/UVb8B3uGhFI/AAAAAAAAOxI/4HINtVsXZfI/s1600/dockbarx-xfce.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DockBarX Xfce" border="0" height="163" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iTEaulJGyPE/UVb8B3uGhFI/AAAAAAAAOxI/4HINtVsXZfI/s320/dockbarx-xfce.png" title="DockBarX Xfce" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/10/dockbarx-sees-new-release-now-available.html">DockBarX</a>, an application launcher / switcher available for the MATE panel, Avant Window Navigator or as a stand-alone dock, is now available for Xfce, as a panel plugin.</b></div><br /><a name='more'></a><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to TiZ, who has been working on the DockBarX Xfce panel support for some time, the application can now be used as an Xfce panel plugin and with it, users can get an <b>icon-only application switcher / taskbar with</b><b> grouping and group manipulation, pin applications to the panel</b> and, of course, take advantage of the <b>DockBarX plugins</b>: get Unity quicklists, counters and progress bars as well as DockManager integration which can be used to control MPD, Pidgin, Skype, Rhythmbox and so on:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UryiRao6ksY/UVb98reS4jI/AAAAAAAAOxo/8lzQB7XXcWU/s1600/dockbarx-xfce-rhythmbox.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DockBarX Xfce" border="0" height="143" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UryiRao6ksY/UVb98reS4jI/AAAAAAAAOxo/8lzQB7XXcWU/s320/dockbarx-xfce-rhythmbox.png" title="DockBarX Xfce" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FioIgLlinUo/UVb98kNd4ZI/AAAAAAAAOxs/hE08LIDQU4k/s1600/dockbarx-xfce-quicklist.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DockBarX Xfce" border="0" height="236" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FioIgLlinUo/UVb98kNd4ZI/AAAAAAAAOxs/hE08LIDQU4k/s320/dockbarx-xfce-quicklist.png" title="DockBarX Xfce" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br />If you're using MATE or want to use the stand-alone dock, see our previous 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 /><br /><h2>Installing and using the DockBarX Xfce Panel plugin in Xubuntu</h2><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JndTMwVH4ao/UVb8J-nQgFI/AAAAAAAAOxQ/pU0_jc_4Qj0/s1600/dockbarx-xfce-full.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DockBarX Xfce" border="0" height="180" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JndTMwVH4ao/UVb8J-nQgFI/AAAAAAAAOxQ/pU0_jc_4Qj0/s320/dockbarx-xfce-full.png" title="DockBarX Xfce" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Before proceeding, please note that this plugin is in its early development stages so you may find bugs. However, I didn't notice any issues in my 1-2 hours test under Xubuntu 12.10 (and a quick test in VirtualBox in Xubuntu 12.04). <b>The plugin may not work if you're using the <a href="http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/install-xfce-410-in-xubuntu-1204.html">Xfce 4.10 PPA in Xubuntu 12.04</a> (in that case you may need to build the package from source) - unfortunately, I can't build packages in the PPA for two Xfce versions.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've uploaded the Xfce DockBarX plugin in the official DockBar PPA so to <b>install it in Ubuntu 12.04, 12.10 and 13.04</b>, use the following commands:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dockbar-main/ppa<br />sudo apt-get update<br />sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xfce4-dockbarx-plugin</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For some of the DockBarX plugins you'll also need to install these packages</b> (which are automatically installed, along with some others not used in Xfce if you don't use "--no-install-recommends" in the command above):</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>sudo apt-get install zeitgeist dockmanager dockmanager-daemon libdesktop-agnostic-cfg-gconf libdesktop-agnostic-vfs-gio</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once installed, right click the Xfce panel, select <i>Panel > Add New Items</i> and add DockBarX. Once you add it, you'll get a DockBarX preferences window that's specific to the Xfce version, which lets you set the background color and alpha transparency (so if DockBarX doesn't look like the rest of the Xfce panel, use this to change its color - you can use the color picker to select the current panel color), select a background image or expand the plugin:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2AsOVSHFKGw/UVb8VrkObVI/AAAAAAAAOxY/c1dDW7qS7MA/s1600/dockbarx-xfce-preferences.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DockBarX Xfce" border="0" height="267" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2AsOVSHFKGw/UVb8VrkObVI/AAAAAAAAOxY/c1dDW7qS7MA/s320/dockbarx-xfce-preferences.png" title="DockBarX Xfce" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Once you've made the changes you want here, click "Apply" and DockBarX should show up on the panel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">You can further customize the DockBarX appearence (change the theme and many other options) from the menu: <i>Accessories > DockBarX Preference</i>. If the "DockBarX Preference" doesn't show up in the menu (it didn't for me), you can log out and log back in or restart the Xfce panel:</div><pre class="linux-code"><code>killall xfce4-panel<br />xfce4-panel &</code></pre><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">To move the DockBarX applet on the panel and/or to access its Xfce-specific preferences, right click on the panel and select <i>Panel > Panel Preferences</i>, then on the "Items" tab you can change the plugin placement on the panel or, doubling "DockBarX" you can access its Xfce-specific preferences:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JUknPYcU7EA/UVb8it0Y8eI/AAAAAAAAOxg/Vyw30o7kGKQ/s1600/dockbarx-xfce-panel-prefs.png" imageanchor="1" rel="image_group" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="DockBarX Xfce" border="0" height="254" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-JUknPYcU7EA/UVb8it0Y8eI/AAAAAAAAOxg/Vyw30o7kGKQ/s320/dockbarx-xfce-panel-prefs.png" title="DockBarX Xfce" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Note: I didn't test it under Ubuntu 13.04 because I can't login to the Xubuntu session, I'm not sure why yet.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>For other Linux distributions, get the DockBarX Xfce Plugin source from <a href="http://xfce-look.org/content/show.php?content=157865">HERE</a>. You'll also need <a href="http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=101604">DockBarX</a> to be able to use this applet.</b></div>

DockBarX Available As An Xfce Panel Plugin

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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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