Sunday, July 3, 2011

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Minimize Window to Panel ?

 

On 07/03/2011 11:44 AM, c beck wrote:
>
> On Sun, Jul 3, 2011 at 8:15 AM, Roy <linuxcanuck@gmail.com
> <mailto:linuxcanuck%40gmail.com>> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Not all. GNOME 3 does not allow anything to minimise (no buttons) and
> > there is no system tray
>
> Wow, I completely forgot about the lacking buttons in Gnome 3. I
> remember reading about their rationale for doing that in amazement.
> One fell swoop to turn a highly functional desktop into the equivalent
> of what the Windows Mobile operating system has been since 2003. I
> can see what they are trying to move towards, though...
>
> <SNIP>
> > Some applications
> > like Amarok will run from the system tray while others will only run
> > from the panel or exit. However with Alltray you can get anything to
> > run from the system tray.
>
> Hmm... there was mention of something about Altray. I was thinking
> the OP wanted to minimize to launcher or window list (i.e., show
> desktop). I should revise my statement to say I have no idea if
> LXDE/openbox has a way to drop things to a system tray. ..."
>
>
>
If he's trying to have a system tray he could try tint2 it's what I use
when I run openbox.

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