linuxgeek: [LINUX_Newbies] Re: New to Linux Mint

Thursday, October 22, 2009

[LINUX_Newbies] Re: New to Linux Mint

If I understand correctly, Avant Window Navigator is a clone of the Mac OSX dock.

Also, unless I am further misinformed, AWN runs under Gnome. Last I looked at Mint, it was a KDE-based distro, no? Thus, to use AWN, you'd have to have much of the support structure for Gnome installed as well--not such a big deal, if you've got the space and are not constrained by CPU or RAM as well.

That said, if you install AWN on a KDE system, you might want to ditch the Plasma stuff that do the same thing already. So far as I can tell, the AWN simply adds a little Mac-like "bling" to the desktop. Many people, though, find that this kind of dock can be somewhat intrusive to an extent--I know several Mac-heads who don't even run the dock on their Mac systems.

Rather than simply insalling it, thouhg, I think I'd do a little Web research on the pro and con issues of using it--to see if there are any "gotchas" before installing it, and to see if you should disable some of the existing functionality that duplicates functions as well.

David

--- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "loyal_barber" <loyal_barber@...> wrote:
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> --- In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, "untouchabl3_godfather" <untouchabl3_godfather@> wrote:
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> > I just installed Linux Mint on my laptop. I am wanting to get AWN for my docking needs. I have looked everywhere to find the commandline so download the files that now sit on my desktop. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thx
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> Boy do I need explanation! First, I had to look up AWN. It stands for
> Avant Window Navigator available from launchpad among other places.
> 1. By default Firefox drops files onto the desktop unless you change
> the settings. I assume that is what "files that now sit on my
> desktop."
> 2. The command line in mint is called terminal and is available from
> the Mint menu. The desktop is a folder under your home folder called
> "Desktop". For example, if your user name was lbarber, the directory
> would be /home/lbarber/Desktop. Then use "ls" (see the command "man
> ls") to get the file names sitting on your desktop.
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> HOWEVER. It is not at all clear to me what your message means so
> if this helps, let us know. If it does not, please do your best to
> give us more details about what you want to accomplish. The
> command line according to the awn-project.org web site is:
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> sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator
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> That should work. I would first consider getting used to Mint before
> you do this though. I have run Mint 6 & 7 for over a year and don't
> see anything in AWN that I don't already have.
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> Thanks,
> Loyal
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