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Open-source and Open-GL dock. A dock is a program launcher with icons for programs, clicking on them launches them. See glx-dock.org for more information.

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How can I delay a specific program on startup?

How to delay a program such as cairo-dock (No openGL) or Firefox? Sometimes programs crash when started with other startup apps. I want programs to start 10 seconds late to avoid a crash.
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How can Docky, AWN, Cairo Dock and Unity be compared?

It would be very nice to see a comparison between features, icons and usability.
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Multiple Workspace rows in XFCE without xfce-panel?

Is there a way to set the number of rows for desktop workspaces without using the xfce-panel applet "Workspace Switcher"? I don’t run xfce-panel at all, preferring to use cairo-dock.
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remove cairo dock completely

I recently installed cairo-dock-core package from Ubuntu software center. I played with it for a while and concluded to delete it completely.Then, I uninstalled it from Ubuntu software center itself. To check that it was completely removed I typed…
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Hiding an application from switcher (alt+tab)

I would like to hide cairo-dock from the switcher since it is redundant to have it there. I've searched for solutions without any luck.
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How to Remove Cairo Dock from Start Up?

I have Cairo Dock's Version 3.0.0.1 installed and I've added it on start up. Now I want to remove it from Start Up, How I can do the Same? Please Help Me!
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Cairo-Dock crashed my Unity desktop, is this possible?

I'm still new to using Ubuntu and learning more and more each day. The other day I formatted my hard drive and wiped the Windows 8 partition (never use it) and re-installed my Ubuntu install to start fresh. Any way, I installed Cairo-Dock, thinking…
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Force disable snapping windows

How can I reliably disable snapping windows? When I drag a window around by its titlebar and near the upper edge, it tints and wants to maximize if I let go of the mouse then (trying to park my app there, not cover the whole workspace!) Until Unity…
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Cairo-Dock weather applet not working

I have searched high and low for the config file to change the server for the weather applet. Anyone have the file location? A system search yielded no results. The applet stopped working for me and my roomate several days ago.
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Cairo Dock doesn't switch between windows by [Alt]+[Tab]

I'm using Cairo Dock (in Ubuntu 12.10) and there is one issue: it doesn't switch between opened windows by [Alt] + [Tab]. I'm sure, it's not the Compiz problem, cause [Alt] + [Tab] shortcut works well in Unity, Gnome 2 and Gnome 3, but it doesn't in…
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cairo-dock icons degrade to question marks over time

In an up to date 11.10 the Cairo-Dock icons gradually become blue ? circle icons after a few hours or days after restart. The launchers still work when clicked, but they become harder to identify as more and more of them "forget" their original…
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How do I remove an extra dock in cairo dock?

I have two cairo docks, one is at the bottom , one is at the top of my desktop. How do I remove the top dock?
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What programs does the GNOME desktop environment start, after loading Metacity?

I installed Ubuntu full version. It's shipped with the GNOME desktop environment. Now I want to start some kind of experiment for my netbook, having only a selection of applications for a custom, lightweight desktop environment. Actually I'm running…
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Cairo Dock - Chrome Browser - Unity Launcher Icon and Application sync

My problem is as follows I use cairo dock as a replacement for the Unity Launcher on Ubuntu I used chrome desktop shortcuts to make some pseudo desktop apps of some webapps (like outlook exchange) I want these webapps to pick up the Icon I give…
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How to make Cairo dock(with opengl) excute only on Gnome-Classic?

I want to make Cairo dock(with opengl) execute in the start-up only on Gnome-Classic but not on other DEs like cinnamon, unity or gnome.How to do that?
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