Cdock themes how to#

Only the installation of the dock is explained, but installing the plug-ins is the same, just make sure you install the plug-ins after the dock. The project is split into two parts: the dock itself and the plug-ins.

The site is in French and in English, the wiki has a complete English section and don't be afraid to ask questions or report bugs in the forum. If you want to know more about configuration and themes you should go to the Cairo-Dock website, its wiki and read this tutorial.

Cdock themes how to#

This page only describes how to install Cairo-Dock and some basic usage instructions. if you're a black/non transparent background - simply install Compton or Xcompmgr), but it can also use fake transparency. It's better with a composite manager (if your WM doesn't support the compositing - e.g. But Cairo-Dock is compatible with most WMs (Compiz-Fusion, Beryl, Compiz, Metacity, Kwin, etc.), most environments (Gnome, XFCE, LXDE, KDE, etc.), most sessions/panels/dashes (Unity, Gnome-Shell, XFCE panel, LXDE panel, KDE panel, etc.). Since Cairo-Dock 2.4 (by default on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric), it's possible to launch a Cairo-Dock session: it will launch a Gnome session with Compiz (or Metacity) without any panel/dash except Cairo-Dock. Now, you can use Cairo-Dock with OpenGL (to use your graphic card!). on Ĭairo-Dock is an animated application launch bar for the desktop, comparable to the dock in Mac OS X or Rocket Dock (for Windows). The domain name has unfortunately changed ! Now, you can find the website, wiki, forum, repository, doc, etc.

Development version: Compilation (can be unstable).Development version: PPA (can be unstable).