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Avant Window Manager, Cairo Dock, and Wbar are dock-like applications for Ubuntu Linux. A dock represents running programs as icons at the bottom of the screen (as is done on the Mac OS X desktop), instead of by toolbar panel segments (as is done in Windows and other Linux window managers). See this brief comparison of dock applications . Avant Window Navigator Avant Window Navigator requires that a desktop composition manager (such as Metacity, Compiz, Xcompmgr, KDE4 (Kubuntu), or xfwm4 (Xubuntu)) be installed and running. Install and upgrade proprietary nVidia or ATI graphics drivers so that the compositing manager functions properly. Install AWN: sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator awn-manager (Note: If you are using Gnome (Ubuntu) and do not already have a compositing manager installed (such as Compiz), Metacity will be installed as part of the installation.) Enable automatic startup of AWN at bootup: Menu -> System -> Preferences -> Sessions -> Add... ...