http://www.gnome-dock.org/trac/wiki
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
4. Install Cairo 1.2.6
Code:
./configure --enable-warnings --enable-glitz --disable-quartz --disable-atsui --disable-xcb --disable-win32 --disable-gtk-doc
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
6. Extract the tarball in /opt
7. Install cairo-dock
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
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!
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