Read about it here if you don't know what i'm talking about. Note 1: Of course, you need Compiz enabled for this to work. To add it to your startup applications, go to System > Preferences > Startup Applications, click Add, put in any Name and in the Command field, enter one of the two commands above (whichever suits your graphic card). To open Cairo Dock v2, you can then open it by hitting Alt + F2 on your keyboard and then, for OpenGL mode (newer video cards), type:Ĭairo-dock -oFor older video cards, type: don't forget to download both Cairo-Dock and the plugins package. Then download the new version from here (for Ubuntu, there are pre-build. If you installed the release candidate version, you first need to remove it before installing this new version: It also has a lot of themes that change it's aspect all the way: from Mac OSX like dock to 3D icons, flat icons, plane view, 3D view, stacks and so on and so forth, it's really hard to explain so here are some screenshots and video: * Direct scroll on many applets : XGamma, Slider, AlsaMixer, etc, and also on applications' icons. * Gmenu : added a quick launcher in an "ALT+F2" fashion * Slider : 3D transitions betweens slides and Exif data. * Clock : smooth seconds' needle movment. * Shortcuts : added display of disk space. * XGamma : added the ability to setup a custom luminosity on startup. * The Theme Manager can now download new themes on the server for many applets : clock, dustbin, Cairo-Penguin, Toons, etc and can build theme packages to easily exchange themes between users. * A lot of new themes, old ones have been reviewed. * Dialogs have many different window decorators. * Great improvment of the Taskbar ergonomics. * The config panel has been widely rewritten. * New applets : keyboard indicator, mail, quick browser, Toons, weblets. * New plug-ins provide many animations & visual effects : Animated icons, icon effects, illusion, drop indicator, motion blur, dialog rendering * Cairo-Dock is now a full OpenGL dock ! (the cairo backend is still available for old graphic cards or ATI) Here are some of the features of the new 2.0.0 version: Not so long ago I was telling you about the new version 2 of Cairo Dock which was at the time still in beta/rc and that it doesn't look at all like the old 1 branch - this new version is by far the best dock menu application I've seen for any operating system.Ī few days ago, version 2.0.0 full was released.
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