Ubuntu Jaunty and Gnome-do Docky - An awesome combination!

Here's a quick video demo showing some of the cool features of Docky, in combination with a pretty nice layout I thought up, on the upcoming Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty, scheduled for release in April 2009. This is pretty cutting-edge stuff in the Linux world, so enjoy! Plenty more info as you watch the video.

The laptop is a DELL Inspiron 1501 from 2007, with 1.6Ghz Dual Core, 1GB of RAM and Radeon Mobility X300 (or similar), so it's not exactly a speed demon.

Music is "Boat" by "The Aliens" from their fantastic album "Luna".

Any more questions which aren't covered by the video, post a comment below or PM me.

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[gulskjegg]

Nice demo! Ive been running 9.10 on a Dell 1.4ghz 2GB RAM netbook. Im really starting to like Ubuntu so I threw together an old AthlonXP 3000+ w/ 1GB RAM and a Radeon 9800 256MB. The netbook video is a 44mhz chip that simply cant keep up. I will try this Docky thing, and check out some more demos here on Youtube. Think I will be downloading some Aliens tunes as well, sweet song, very captivating. Hope the rips are in FLAC! Thanks dude!

[mazza558]

@gulskjegg No problem! I'm amazed this particular video has 37,000 views, because it's not really as interesting as my others. But there you go. Glad you like The Aliens, they're a great band.

[GCS2K8]

Is it possible to get Itunes for Linux? (Well Ubuntu?)

[mazza558]

Not iTunes itself (Apple refuse to help), but there are a number of alternatives which support iPod (not touch, yet) syncing.

[DanthaFodder]

Awesome vid and desktop setup man.

What window border and icon theme are you using there?

[mazza558]

Shiki-colors and Meliae icons, I think.

[Clorow]

Use gtk-RecordMyDesktop instead of a camera. It's quite helpful.

[EMGPJt]

I use no panels, Docky totally replaces it for me.

[Gegsite]

Nope these reasons you can use LINUX.

btw these program's has also an Windows port too.

[Albertnetymk]

@EMGPJt I deleted all the panel.

However, how can I get network manager in docky?

[WretchedWinston]

great program, but if i recall right, it doesn't like recording 3d games.

[Clorow]

GIMP

Inkscape

QCad

Three reasons you CAN use Ubuntu.

[GCS2K8]

I used Ubuntu 9.04 and after I installed my Drivers for my NVIDIA GeForce 3 Ti200 graphics card it made the Title bar of the windows disappear and the Icons on the panels were in random places and i Researched it on google for a fix found a few but they were confusing so I am going to try out ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 1!

Hopefully a little more luck with that! If not I can report it as a bug to the Ubuntu Community!

[EMGPJt]

@mazza58 there is wine if you dare to test it. I would rather use amazon MP3, better deals, works on every MP3 player/i pod. If your looking for something to sync with your ipod try Songbird. It syncs with most ipods and mp3 players. Also it can browse the web and add ons.