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my dock

Asked by k_chupe

i followed the guide(old) by lauri taimila to make my dock look similiar to osx dock. is there any way to remove the end caps, they look like separators but on each end. btw, i have my dock set to transparancy.

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Rodrigo Donado (frezeeer) said : 		#1

hi:

If you want a dock that looks like the OSX dock have a look at avant-window-navigator:
https://edge.launchpad.net/awn
have look at the demo:
http://awn.wetpaint.com/page/Demo

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k_chupe (k-chupe) said : 		#2

i have awn installed, but i keep getting the big black bar across the bottom of my screen when i run it.

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Patrick Thomas Magill (pmagill) said : 		#3

k_chupe Avant Window Navigator requires that you are running a composite manager. Try using the built in 'Desktop Effects' (compiz) in 'System>Preferences>Desktop Effects' Providing you have proper hardware acceleration working (depending on your GFX-Card) also consider using beryl... much nicer than compiz.

'sudo apt-get install beryl emerald'

Also direct any questions regarding composite managers to irc.freenode.net #ubuntu-effects

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k_chupe (k-chupe) said : 		#4

do i start beryl before i start awn or after? i'm almost willing to just settle with slimdock.

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Best Patrick Thomas Magill (pmagill) said : 		#5

A composite manager (beryl/compiz) must be running, as I have said... If you are using beryl then launch 'beryl-manager' then choose beryl as your window manager by right clicking the little Jewel icon in your notification area.

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k_chupe (k-chupe) said : 		#6

Thanks Paddy_EIRE, that solved my question.