5 Beautiful Plank Themes

Plank is new dock for Linux written in Vala, developed by the Docky team.


1. Glass Pill:

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2. Ubuntu Panel:

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3. HUD:

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4. Froyo:

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5. Rounded Glass:

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Usage

To install Plank in Ubuntu, use the commands below (this will add the Plank/Docky testing PPA):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/docky
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install plank

The above PPA is available for Ubuntu Oneiric, Natty and Maverick.


To use a theme, make a backup of the original Plank theme under ~/.config/plank/theme/ and then extract the downloaded theme into this folder (~/.config/plank/theme/), replacing the already existing files. Note: ~/.config/ is a hidden folder in your home directory so press CTRL + H to see it.


Themes thanks to Cassidy James; via elementaryositdev

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Pantheon Theme For Plank (Docky v2)

Plank is a new dock written in Vala. It's a Docky team project and it will be the default launcher in the new elementary OS "Luna".

Cassidy James, one of the elementary OS team members has published a theme for Plank to go with Pantheon, the elementary OS desktop environment:

That looks a lot like Docky, doesn't it?


Here's how the default Plank theme looks like:

Plank is not stable and it's nowhere near feature complete, but if you want to install it already, there's a testing PPA you can use:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/docky
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install plank

And another tip for Plank, also from Cassidy James: if you want to get a "folder" in Plank like you can see in the screenshots above (the one Firefox, UMPlayer, Wuala and Marlin), go to ~/.config/plank/launchers, create a new .dockitem and point it to a folder with .desktop files inside.

Download Pantheon theme for Plank - to use, extract the contents to ~/.config/plank/theme, replacing the original files (make a backup first).

elementary OS "Luna" sounds pretty exiting already, and it gets more interesting by the day. For instance, a new project was registered on Launchpad yesterday for a new terminal written in Vala, designed especially for elementary OS.

Oh, and speaking of elementary OS, the elementaryos.org website was redesigned, getting some new sections like a Developer Journal, Answers, etc so check it out!

[via Dev Elementary OS IT]

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