Unity has no doubt added style to the Ubuntu desktop, however, it has also made it slower, particularly for legacy hardware users.

Running Dash to Dock along with the default Ubuntu Dock is not a good idea. As Ubuntu Dock is a fork of Dash to Dock (and hence they share many same schemas), issue like this is not really surprising. Disable one of the two extensions (Ubuntu Dock and Dash to Dock) using Tweaks or in some way (refer to this if you want to disable Ubuntu Dock). In the following tutorial, we will show you how we installed Cairo Dock on Ubuntu 9.10. Cairo Dock is an animated application launcher or desktop dock that works much like the dock used in Mac OS X, but is much more flexible and customizable. Cairo-Dock also supports composition and Open GL rendering, allowing for some fascinating animated effects. Unity has no doubt added style to the Ubuntu desktop, however, it has also made it slower, particularly for legacy hardware users. A more lightweight alternative can be to use the Mac Style Cairo Dock (aka GLX Dock). It is fully compatible with the Ubuntu 11.04 and Ubuntu 10.10. I found it much quicker and lightweight than the Unity launcher.

A more lightweight alternative can be to use the Mac Style Cairo Dock (aka GLX Dock). It is fully compatible with the Ubuntu 11.04 and Ubuntu 10.10. I found it much quicker and lightweight than theUnity launcher. And most of all, it’s fun to use. Interestingly, you can also run Cairo Dock and Unity simultaneously. See the below procedure to grab this elegant dock for your Ubuntu and Debain desktop.

You can get Cairo Dock be either entering the below command line in the Terminal or from the download link at the end of this post.

Feature Overview:

• MintMenu applet
• Drop to Share applet
• Messaging Menu applet
• Keyboard indicator
• Ubuntu Me Menu
• Network Monitor
• Weblets
• Application Menu
• Notification area
• Power Manager
• Terminal, System Monitor, Shortcuts Administrator and much more.

Please bear in mind that it requires being launched from Applications –> System Tools (non Unity users) after installation.

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Insight: Collection Of Awesome Docks For Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

There are various add-ons available for the Ubuntu like themes, icons and many more. Today, we are going to write about some of the awesome docks for Ubuntu 18.04/ Ubuntu 16.04.

Awesome Docks For Ubuntu : MacOS Like Docks

1. Plank

Cool dock for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. Interesting feature of this dock is that it is a library which can be extended to create other dock programs with more advanced features.

Run the following command to install Plank in Ubuntu:.

2. Gnome Panel

Gnome panel is loaded by default in the official Ubuntu repositories, you can install it using following command:

3. Docky

Docky is one of the awesome dock bar for Ubuntu. Various dock themes are available for your choice.

Run the following command to install Docky in Ubuntu:

4. Latte Dock

Note: To install Latte dock, you need to have Plasma desktop environment installed in your system.

5. Avant Window Navigator

Avant Window Navigator is available from the PPA for Ubuntu. Run the following command to add the PPA and install Avant Window Navigator on Ubuntu:

6. DockBarX

DockBarX is a lightweight dock for Ubuntu. DockbarX is a fork of dockbar made by Aleksey Shaferov.

To add the main DockBarX PPA and install the DockbarX in Ubuntu using the following commands:

If you want to use dockbarx as a Xfce panel applet you also need this command

To get more themes for DockbarX, Run the following command:

7. Cairo Dock

Cairo Dock is an another beautiful dock for Ubuntu. It is designed to be light, fast and customizable, and is desktop-agnostic.

Mac Os Dock For Ubuntu 18.04

Run the following command to add PPA of Cairo Dock and install it in Ubuntu:

Mac Dock For Ubuntu 18.04

8. Dash To Dock

Ubuntu Dock Center

Dash To Dock is a extension for Gnome shell which transform the dash into a dock. Side and bottom placement options are available.

Let usk now if we have missed out some docks in this post.