[Nottingham] What desktop...?

[Going It Alone]

My two cents worth, for KDE KoolDock.
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=12097

2009/11/6 Michael Quaintance <penfoldq at penfoldq.co.uk>:
> On Fri, Nov 06, 2009 at 07:50:33PM +0000, Martin wrote:
>> Folks,
>>
>> What Linux desktop(s) is(are) there, or desktop themes, whereby you can
>> have a 'taskbar' of icons for your applications that cutiely zoom larger
>> as you move the cursor over them?
>
> What you're describing is the Mac OS 'dock'. There are lots available
> for linux, most people I know of use AWN
>
> http://wiki.awn-project.org/
>
> It doesn't zoom for reasons mentioned on the FAQ:
>
> http://wiki.awn-project.org/FAQ#Why_doesn.27t_Awn_have_the_parabolic_zoom_effect_that_other_docks_have.3F
>
> But for full-on "cutiely", Cairo Dock 2
>
> http://www.cairo-dock.org/
>
> On my Macs I disable the zoom of the dock but otherwise, it is a good
> feature and a quick google for "linux dock" produces many options.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> -Penfold
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