dock
A quick app launcher and window switcher for Pantheon and elementary OS (by elementary)
gala
Gala Window Manager for elementary OS and Pantheon (by elementary)
| dock | gala | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 33 | |
| 84 | 270 | |
| - | 0.4% | |
| 7.6 | 9.2 | |
| 7 days ago | 8 days ago | |
| Vala | Vala | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
dock
Posts with mentions or reviews of dock.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-11.
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Why some apps appear twice in the dock?
It's this bug https://github.com/elementary/dock/issues/64 I proposed a workaround for Caprine in https://github.com/flathub/com.sindresorhus.Caprine/pull/5
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Getting Pantheon to run -- a brief guide for crazy people who don't mind jank
Plank is also pretty easy -- git clone it from https://github.com/elementary/dock, cd into the Dock directory, and use pretty much the same instructions to get it compiled and installed:
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Flatpak VLC
It's a known issue. Check this link.
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How to change indicator color in Dock/Plank?
Well https://github.com/elementary/dock/pull/61 did get me closer, but sadly the indicators are flat - really just wanted the monochromatic dots like in the pics.
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Anyone knows how to change indicator color in plank?
Actually, just realized this is still open, so it probably will happen: https://github.com/elementary/dock/issues/30
- [ Plank Dock] change notification bubble?
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My XFCE / Icons: Papirus - Red / Theme: Orchis
plank dock
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[XFCE] It's Mac or Linux?
Dock: Plank
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[XFCE4] A litle ricing in my work box... Nobody at the office knows it 's running Void/Linux... I'll wait for the IT audit for suggesting intalling Windows again...
Dock: Plank (in autohide mode, at bottom)
gala
Posts with mentions or reviews of gala.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-23.
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Look who's there
Or with some manual compiling of things: https://github.com/elementary/gala/wiki/Experimenting-with-Wayland
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Auto tiling
As you can see here, here, here and here some work was done long ago to introduce different tiling options but this feature was never top priority for head dev.
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Layout differencies eOS 5.1.7 vs. eOS 7
it was broken here https://github.com/elementary/gala/pull/1304/commits. I'm too lazy to revert that code but it's possible to fix the gtk2 dimm bug (which possibly also fixes the rest too)
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Multitask view issues eOS7
Report this issue on GitHub, please https://github.com/elementary/gala/issues
- Rounded window corners in pantheon??
- Gala 7.0.1 Released
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Elementary OS 7
[2] https://github.com/elementary/gala/wiki/Experimenting-with-W...
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Can one write pantheon extensions (like for gnome-shell)?
For hiding applications from overview, or showing only windows of the focused app you would need to patch gala, the window manager. It is written mostly in vala, and uses libmutter (the same lib for gnome-shell's window management) underneath. Apparently it has a "plugin" system, but I'm not versed enough that those plugins have to be there at compile time or can be separately compiled. Here's the code: https://github.com/elementary/gala
- Does anybody know if the Pantheon desktop has fullscreen unredirection?
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What exactly would a port to Wayland entail?
There’s a link to a wiki on that project board with that info :) https://github.com/elementary/gala/wiki/Experimenting-with-Wayland
What are some alternatives?
When comparing dock and gala you can also consider the following projects:
WhiteSur-gtk-theme - MacOS Big Sur like theme for Gnome desktops
files - File browser designed for elementary OS
WhiteSur-icon-theme - MacOS Big Sur style icon theme for linux desktops
photos - Photo viewer and organizer designed for elementary OS
vala-panel-appmenu
elementaryos-firefox-theme - This theme for Firefox supports all the window buttons layouts from Tweaks and it blends into the elementary OS user interface.
plank - Stupidly simple.
mail - Mail app designed for elementary OS
alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.
music - Music player and library designed for elementary OS
plank - Stupidly simple.
catts - Catts is a calmer alt + tab task switcher for elementary OS 6 (Odin).