GnomeDocksetup

From what I understand, the project is not actively developed, but what we have for the moment is great. It is prettier than kiba-dock, more functional and also more “OS X-like”. It takes more time to customize, but I think it’s worth it. Here’s how I installed it on Edgy with AIGLX:

1. Install these packages Code: sudo apt-get install librsvg2-bin librsvg2-common librsvg2-dev libglitz-glx1 libglitz-glx1-dev

2. Make sure you have build-essential to be able to compile cairo.

3. Download Cairo 1.2.6

http://cairographics.org/releases/cairo-1.2.6.tar.gz

1. Install Cairo 1.2.6

   Code: ./configure –enable-warnings –enable-glitz –disable-quartz –disable-atsui –disable-xcb –disable-win32 –disable-gtk-doc Code: make Code: sudo make install 5. Download cairo-dock

http://www.gnome-dock.org/prerelease…-0.0.1b.tar.gz (doesn’t seem to work anymore) Try this instead: cairo-dock.tar.gz

1. Extract the tarball in /opt

2. Install cairo-dock

   Code: make clean Code: make Also, change your virtual vertical size in Beryl from 1 to 2, otherwise it will probably bug. That’s a weird fix found by someone in this thread, but it works.

To open the dock, use

 Code:   ./cairo-dock --no-glitz  To add launchers, play with cairo-dock.c and redo
 Code:   make  once you've saved the file.

Also, you’ll probably have to change Vertical Virtual Size in Beryl from 1 to 2 to avoid a bug.

At the moment, it only accepts icons in .svg, but it’s fairly easy to convert .png to .svg using InkScape. Good luck!