dock
A quick app launcher and window switcher for Pantheon and elementary OS (by elementary)
panther_launcher
A fork from Slingshot Launcher, which doesn't depend on Gala, Granite or other libraries. It also has an applet for Gnome Flashback and an extension for Gnome Shell. (by rastersoft)
| dock | panther_launcher | |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 1 | |
| 84 | 33 | |
| - | - | |
| 7.6 | 0.0 | |
| 7 days ago | over 3 years 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)
panther_launcher
Posts with mentions or reviews of panther_launcher.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-27.
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My XFCE / Icons: Papirus - Red / Theme: Orchis
is panther-launcher-git.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing dock and panther_launcher you can also consider the following projects:
WhiteSur-gtk-theme - MacOS Big Sur like theme for Gnome desktops
WhiteSur-icon-theme - MacOS Big Sur style icon theme for linux desktops
vala-panel-appmenu
plank - Stupidly simple.
alacritty - A cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator.
plank - Stupidly simple.
gala - Gala Window Manager for elementary OS and Pantheon
greeter - Login and Lock Screen greeter for elementary OS and Pantheon, using LightDM
granite - Library that extends GTK with common widgets and utilities
bpytop - Linux/OSX/FreeBSD resource monitor
os-patches - Patched packages for elementary OS and the tools that keep them up-to-date