About the AWN dock for Linux
When you first think of Apple, the first thing that usually comes to mind is the dock. If you are not an avid Apple user or just don't know what a dock is, it's the nifty looking application launcher at the bottom of every apple computer. It launches programs and keeps track of opened an minimized ones. The question is are there any great docks to use on the Linux operating system?
Window Navigator or most now call it AWN for short. AWN was created by Neil Patel and was The answer is yes, there is an amazing dock for Linux, and I it has lots of features that Apple doesn't yet. The dock is called Avant released to the public using Google Code in 2007. It was initially a simple little dock, to launch and track open tasks, now it is much much more.
First off AWN uses compositing to get the glass see through look so you will need either xcompmgr or Compiz Fusion to run it. But if you don't have either, do not worry a non-composite version is on the to-do list. Once running it is easy to add launchers to the dock by just dragging them and dropping them on the dock.
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