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simple desktop dock

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  • Started 4 years ago by 0zSpitt
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0zSpitt
0zSpitt
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can anyone find a simple desktop dock, something like rocket dock, that can be installed easily on ubuntu? other than getting emerald to launch and finding a dock that doesn't take einstein to figure out how to install i've figured everything out that i need. ive lived in the forums for two weeks, they don't explain things thoroughly if at all.

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Scott
Scott
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYsxaMyFV2Y

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0zSpitt
0zSpitt
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i think kiba you needed to write 50 lines of commands and give up your first born. but the cube looked like desktop cube. i do remember seeing a beryl setting in it now. thanks scott :)

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
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goto add/remove then search for simdock i think that is what you are looking for

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0zSpitt
0zSpitt
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could that be in the synaptic packages too?

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
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ya most likely but they are mainly the same though just that the package manager has every thing and the other doesn't

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gaurang
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oh.. there is one dock .. its called CAIRO .... i bet its better then any other docks available for ubuntu ....

in synaptic manager .. search for CAIRO .. and install it ...

its really nice application ..

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0zSpitt
0zSpitt
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cairo is one of the programs that wouldn't download because it wanted me to change something in my preferences

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gaurang
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i guess... it will be just some other files that it need to run ...

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jack7h3r1pp3r
jack7h3r1pp3r
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are you doing this from the package manager? if you are then i think that you will need to goto settings>repositories> then change server to the main server and not us or whatever yours says and then i think that may be it

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jd2066
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cairo is a graphics library that programs use. The dock program is named cairo-dock.
Thus you would look for cairo-dock in the package manager for the dock program.

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gaurang
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err... i guess , my hands type faster then my thoughts ... hehehe ... ur right jd2066 ... cairo is just a graphical library which will be installed along with cairo dock , i guess ....

ya.. better search for " cairo dock " ... its there in synaptic manager ...

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0zSpitt
0zSpitt
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i only have cairo-clock in the synaptic manager. i'm using awn but it doesn't permanantly dock things unless i have a program open. it's no big deal, i'm doing 20 things at once anyway. anyone have the link to the irc chatroom for ubuntu? it was posted to me on lifehacker and i can't find it now.

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