Questions tagged [awn]
Avant Window Navigator (Awn) is a dock-like bar
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How can Docky, AWN, Cairo Dock and Unity be compared? [closed]
It would be very nice to see a comparison between features, icons and usability.
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How can I install avant window navigator in 12.10?
Installing the ubuntu 11.10 packages works.I can't compile awn on ubuntu 12.10. And i can't install it with the software-center but the program is listed on it. It isn't like awn depends to 100 % on ...
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Is Avant Window Navigator Available For Ubuntu 14.04?
I want to install avant-window-navigator on Ubuntu 14.04. I tried to install by following command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:awn-testing/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install avant-window-...
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Can I forbid a particular application to display pop-up notifications?
I have installed AWN with a weather applet and it annoys me by complaining that it can't connect to the Internet (saying "network error in weather") frequently. Despite the fact my Internet connection ...
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Is it possible to disable launcher grouping in unity? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to disable the grouping of windows on the launcher?
I am almost used to working with Unity but the launcher grouping is really bugging me. I just want to be able to open a ...
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Synaptic opens with "starting without Administrative privileges
When I try to open Synaptic from the AWN Cardapio applet menu it gives me the 'starting without administrative privileges' message and then I can't install anything.
I can run sudo synaptic and it ...
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AWN displaying window icons even when Display Launchers Only selected [closed]
I'm using AWN with the DockbarX applet.I have Display Launchers Only checked in the awn dock properties, but I'm still getting window icons displaying for certain apps when they're open. Any ideas?
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How can I make AWN-only desktop session with gnome3?
Is there any way to use AWN as my only panel with gnome3/shell/unity installed without breaking the desktop?? I tried this a wee while ago by changing the panel in the sessions to AWN and it ...
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Different docks on different workspaces, or configure awn to behave differently on different workspaces
I would like to have different settings for the dock behavior for different workspaces, or more likely i would like the dock that i use now , awn (Avant window navigator) to show up in just 3 of the ...
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DockbarX/AWN Preview is empty
I'm using the following components in Xubuntu 11.10:
AWN (0.4.1)
DockbarX (0.48)
awn-applet-dockbarx (0.48)
I activated the "DockbarX previews" in the "DockbarX Preferences". However the previews ...
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Broken Packages after installing AWN Lucido from official PPA
After Downloading AWN Lucido Build the packages containing the AWN Applets won't install resulting in broken packages, is there a way to fix this mess?
EDIT:Well, the output is in Spanish and SOMEHOW ...
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AWN multiple docks, with different settings
I am able to add a dock in the preferences of the dock I use now (Avant window navigator), but the problem is that the "add new dock" button creates a copy, and if I change something on one dock, then ...
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how to add gnome bar network manager to awn?
I love the network manager in the gnome panel but I don't want the gnome panel cause that is all I use it for.
This is more of a feature request than a question.
I know there is a network manager ...
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In Avant Window Navigation (awn) can the icons jump?
in avant window navigation (awn) can the icons jump? can the icons jump to call my attention if i receive a msg in messenger, or xchat, or if there a possibility to make them jump when i click on the ...
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AWN main menu crashed, won't restart
I restarted my pc, and the icon in the bottom left of the screen is a frowny face. When I hoover on it it says "Whoops! The applet crashed. Click to restart it." I click on it, the circle moves around,...
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How do I change awn dialect applet style?
I've just installed AWN and I want to customize it: I don't like the look of dialect applet.
How do I change it's appearance? It would be great if I can change from flags to just letters.
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How to copy/share AWN settings?
How can I copy/backup/save Avant Window Manager (AWN) settings and apply these settings to another computer?
Thanks.
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Stop Distribution Upgrade Message Globally
So I am an IT consultant and a business i do work for wanted to make the switch to Linux on about 25 machines since their software is web based and Linux is more secure. I set them up with a custom ...
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AWN dock doesn't differentiate the active window
I have installed Avant Window Navigator 0.4.1 in Ubuntu 12.10 (64 bit) and am pretty much satisfied with its looks. But one thing that is lacking is, it fails to differentiate the current or active ...
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Get bottom panel back
I'm trying Avant Window Navigator(AWN) and I would like to delete my bottom panel to test only the AWN.
But, if I don't like it, is there a way to get my bottom panel back?
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AWN Themes and applets
I would like to install more applets and themes to AWN, since it's so hard to configure/personalize. Does anybody know where I could find this resources?
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Phantom AWN Dock that wont go away
I Have installed 12.04 LTS off the Minimal ISO and installed only the ubuntu-desktop package and ripped out unity and installed AWN. And upon first start i have a phantom dock underneath the actual ...
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Change the monitor that AWN shows up on
I'm using Avant Windows Manager and Xubuntu with pure XFCE4. I'm trying to change the monitor that AWN shows up on. I tried changing the primary monitor with Xrandr, but it doesn't seem to want to ...
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How to make indicator applet work on AWN?
Unfortunately Avant Window Navigator's indicator applet doesn't work in 11.10. Is there any workarounds?
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Can I use the global application menu with AWN?
Is it possible to use the Global/Application menu GNOME applet with AWN?
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DockbarX inside AWN, preview window shifted on dual-screen after shifting from single-screen
I've been running dockbarx in AWN for sometime now. I started using dual-screens and started seeing a problem with the window preview. When I hover over the dockbarx icon to see the preview it appears ...
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awn - icons from theme?
In AWN, when you add a launcher, you can choose the icon to include. It gives you a choice - from Theme or from File. (See screenshot.) What I'm wondering is, where do the icons in the Theme choice ...
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Ubuntu Stopped working due to removed packages that have been gone for months
I've customized my install by stripping out all the unity packages that make the system unusable for me and replaced panels with AWN.
sudo apt-get remove unity unity-asset-pool unity-lens-...
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nm-applet disappeared from awn indicator session area after installing d-bus-1.8.0
I have Ubuntu 13.10, since glib 2.32 failed to compile some newer applications I compiled and installed glib 2.38 and its dependencies d-bus-1.8.0. When I booted in the morning I noticed that nm-...
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How can I install AWN trunk?
I've been trying to install AWN trunk in Natty Ubuntu Classic Desktop,but after add the PPA: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:awn-testing/ppa.
Update the sources: sudo apt-get update.
And install the ...
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Cannot remove AWN and desktop messed up
I recently installed AWN after reading an article on OMGUbuntu. It looked very good in the pictures but I didnt like it at all. I couldent remove it and it replaced the status bar and the Applications ...