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ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

ive been using ksmoothdock for a while now, but have just moved away from kde, and using fluxbox. id like to get rid of kde completely, but cant till i replace ksmoothdock!

either im looking for a a panel thats my launcher and another with system tray, clock, tasklist
or
an all in one!

any suggestions??

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bgc1954

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From: Edmonton, AB, Canada

Registered: 2006-03-14

Posts: 1,160

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

I've used simdock (in AUR) and it looks similar to ksmoothdock.  Alot of folks seem to like trayer and stalonetray for a system tray

Last edited by bgc1954 (2008-05-17 16:53:33)

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ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

thanks, ill have a look at them!

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Bestiapeluda

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-10-16

Posts: 181

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

I like pypanel a lot. You can customize it to your likings. Has a small memory footprint too.

Misfit138

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From: USA

Registered: 2006-11-27

Posts: 4,189

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

+1 for pypanel, I am liking it a lot for my THINKPAD.

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2007-11-02

Posts: 327

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Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

I've recently gone back to pypanel. It's a great panel and if you like bling bling, you can always set the transparency to max and make a background to the panel in the wallpaper
The only thing I miss is support for internet time. Since I don't know any python, I can't fix that issue myself. But as they say, it's never to late to start learning

ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

ive just installed pypanel, looks quite nice so far. im going to have a little play with the config, but it doesnt seem to have parabolic zooming which ive always liked!

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2007 - Started using Arch Linux as my only/main OS
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On board intel Graphics & Sound

xaw

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From: Chapel Hill

Registered: 2007-08-09

Posts: 177

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

bmpanel is also good if you like simplicity with minimal fuss, otherwise +1 for pypanel (super configurable)

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ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

pypanel didnt do it, thanks for the recomendation though! ive configured the standard fluxbox toolbar to have my systemm tray that autohides, and then my app launcher, tasklist and clock are on ksmoothdock.

im still looking for a replacement to ksmoothdock though! i just want ksmoothdock without the kde dependencies!

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2007 - Started using Arch Linux as my only/main OS
- Samsung Series 3, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz - 8Gb DDR3 ram - 700Gb HDD
On board intel Graphics & Sound

dr.cranium

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Registered: 2008-01-25

Posts: 65

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

I use Avant Window Navigator.  Works really well.  No parabolic zoom though.  Kiba Dock does though.  Not too well I don't think.

ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

kiba dock has far to many gnome dependencies! im probably going to stick with ksmoothdock for now, untill i find something better.

thanks

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- Samsung Series 3, Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3210M CPU @ 2.50GHz - 8Gb DDR3 ram - 700Gb HDD
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Bestiapeluda

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-10-16

Posts: 181

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

you can compile Avant Window manager without all the gnome dependencies.
I think its caled agnostic form.
In the AUR I only found the gnome version, wich of course is bloated with gnome dependencies.

ninjaprawn

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From: Manchester, UK

Registered: 2008-01-26

Posts: 485

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

im not the best with compiling, how does agnostic form work? will awm still work properly if i dont satisfy the dependencies before compiling?? were would i get the source from and wot do i need to do with it? just compile it like normal and ignore the dependencies??

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On board intel Graphics & Sound

Bestiapeluda

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From: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Registered: 2007-10-16

Posts: 181

Re: anyone know of a decent desktop panel?

I would download the PKGBUILD from AUR and modify it. You'll find excellent tutorials
about the Arch build system in the Wiki.
Also you need to go to the AWN Site https://launchpad.net/awn and look for
the correct parameters like "--without-gconf" and "--with-desktop=agnostic".
Before I forget, AWN needs a  compositing manager (like compiz, xcompmgr, xfwm).