8:35 PM
Cairo Dock (or GLX Dock) is an animated application launcher (dock bar) for Linux that runs under GNOME, KDE or XFCE.
Cairo Dock 3.0 has been released recently, getting GTK3 support and many enhancements:- A new Twitter applet lets you tweet in one click
- A new applet to inhibit the screensaver
- Cairo Dock now uses GTK3
- The Log out applet has been rewritten, now allowing you to switch users
- Much better keyboard support: you can activate a launcher by pressing a shortkey and its number (like in Unity) and also, there are many new keyboard shortcuts
- Enhanced taskbar
- The Ubuntu Sound Menu has been integrated into the Sound-Control applet
- Separators are transparent to click in 'Panel' mode
- Text drawing (e.g. with Clock) has been improved
- The new default theme with a panel is now included in the core package
Starting with version
2.4.0, Cairo Dock comes with its custom GNOME Session so you can use it as a stand-alone "shell".
In version 3.0, a new session has been added which lets you use Cairo Dock with the Unity 2D top panel:Here are a few more screenshots and a video with the latest Cairo Dock 3.0 in action:
(direct video link)Install Cairo Dock 3.0
Ubuntu users can install the latest stable Cairo Dock 3.0 from its PPA:sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins
There's also a Debian repository available for Cairo Dock - see
THIS page.
For other Linux distributions, see the Cairo Dock
installation page.
Thanks to Matthieu Baerts for the tip! Info via glx-dock.org
» read more....
8:41 PM
Cairo Dock is evolving to something more than just a dock. After getting its own
custom GNOME session a while back, the latest alpha got a feature that I for one didn't expect to see in a dock: global menu (Application menu).
The Cairo Dock global menu applet works with a patched GTK+ (already available in Ubuntu) and is available in the Cairo Dock
Weekly PPA. All the applications that support a global menu in Unity should work with the new Cairo Dock Application Menu applet too.
Cairo Dock now has most of the Unity features (and more), except everything is customizable so if you like flashy docks, you should really give it a try.
To test the latest Cairo Dock 3.0 alpha in Ubuntu, you can use the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/weekly
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins
Then add the new applet, called Application Menu (there's another applet called "Applications Menu" - that's a regular menu, so don't confuse them).
Report any bugs you may find @
Launchpad.
image / news via Cairo Dock @ Google+
» read more....
8:15 PM
Cairo Dock is a highly customizable launcher / task manager for Linux which comes with a huge list of themes and plugins, being able to fully replace / replicate the functionality of an old GNOME 2 panel.
It includes plugins / applets such as: keyboard indicator, weather, Messaging Menu, system monitor, stacks, notification area, a recent events plugin that makes use of Zeitgeist, clipboard manager, note taking applet, screen luminosity, terminal and many more.
A new Cairo Dock version - 2.4.0 - has been released today, bringing a custom Cairo Dock session for Ubuntu Oneiric so you can select Cairo Dock from the GDM, LightDM, etc. login screen, better XFCE integration, support for Unity quicklists, better window manager integration (for example, Cairo Dock uses the Scale effect in Compiz or KWin) as well as a new view for the desklet-rendering: Panel.
Other changes in Cairo Dock 2.4.0 include:- a re-write of the power manager applet
- fixed Ubuntu Messaging Menu for Ubuntu Oneiric and Natty
- better Gnome 3 tools support
- MPRIS2 support for the MusicPlayer applet
- updated default theme
- new applets like Gmail, etc. - see http://glx-dock.org/mc_album.php?a=7
The official Cairo Dock 2.4.0 presentation video:Install Cairo Dock in Ubuntu
Cairo Dock 2.4.0 is available in its official PPA, for Ubuntu 11.10, 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 - add the PPA and install Cairo Dock using the commands below:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins
If you are not using Ubuntu, download Cairo Dock 2.4.0 via
Launchpad.
» read more....
