Customizing the Ubuntu Desktop: Installing AWN dock

There are many Mac-like docks available for Linux and thus Ubuntu. In this video I'll install one of the most stable, AWN. It's available through the repositories so its fairly easy to install, though it may or may not be the most recent version. I'll go through some of the setup options.

AWN
https://launchpad.net/awn

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[t3ktiK4l]

Hey, how do you enable the floating main menu on demand? Gives the desktop a nice clean look.

[learnitwithlion]

@t3ktiK4l right click on the panel select properties and choose auto hide or show hide buttons (it looks better if you uncheck the arrows on the buttons). Click the buttons to hide the panel.

Now comes the easy part. Remove any main menu on all of the panels. Hit Alt+F1 to pop up the the menu where ever the mouse is on the screen.

The menu will only pop-up if you don't have one on the panels though. If you do, you will open the panel menu with Alt+F1.

[muvinahedNd4wrd]

hey I like the background,...where do I get it?

[learnitwithlion]

@muvinahedNd4wrd Google "black cube sea wallpaper". You should get a couple of hits.

[abcdaryqueenmnopqrst]

how do you makee your "menu" appering when right click on the desktop.

nice vid. helped a lot

[learnitwithlion]

Its not a right click its ALT+F1. I think its in the videos at the beginning of the series.

[colpersia1]

thank you man

[Peegeeplayer]

Nice Wallpaper .. where can i get one like that

[NickMcDTV]

Groovy. I prefer AWN over Cairo-Dock, even though I like the features of Cairo-Dock better. AWN just seams more stable.

[learnitwithlion]

Thanks