Cairo Dock is a highly customizable launcher / task manager for Linux which comes with a huge list of themes and plugins, being able to fully replace / replicate the functionality of an old GNOME 2 panel.



It includes plugins / applets such as: keyboard indicator, weather, Messaging Menu, system monitor, stacks, notification area, a recent events plugin that makes use of Zeitgeist, clipboard manager, note taking applet, screen luminosity, terminal and many more.

A new Cairo Dock version - 2.4.0 - has been released today, bringing a custom Cairo Dock session for Ubuntu Oneiric so you can select Cairo Dock from the GDM, LightDM, etc. login screen, better XFCE integration, support for Unity quicklists, better window manager integration (for example, Cairo Dock uses the Scale effect in Compiz or KWin) as well as a new view for the desklet-rendering: Panel.









a re-write of the power manager applet

fixed Ubuntu Messaging Menu for Ubuntu Oneiric and Natty

better Gnome 3 tools support

MPRIS2 support for the MusicPlayer applet

updated default theme

new applets like Gmail, etc. - see http://glx-dock.org/mc_album.php?a=7

Install Cairo Dock in Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cairo-dock-team/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins

Cairo Dock 2.4.0 is available in its official PPA, for Ubuntu 11.10, 11.04, 10.10 and 10.04 - add the PPA and install Cairo Dock using the commands below:If you are not using Ubuntu, download Cairo Dock 2.4.0 via Launchpad