tint2 Panel/Taskbar/Task Manager on Fedora 16/15 (Gnome 3)

Updated by on Nov 1, 2011 in Desktop Guides, Fedora, Linux, Programs | 1 comment

This is simple guide, howto install tint2 version 0.11 and tint2 and tintwizard on Fedora 16/15/14 using YUM. tint2 is very good option if you want add panel / task bar / task manager on Gnome 3.0 and Gnome 3.2

tint2 is a simple panel/taskbar and tint2 development follows freedesktop specifications. tint2 is unintrusive, light and very usefull panel/taskbar program.

tint2 version 0.11 features

  • panel with taskbar, systray, clock and battery status
  • easy to customize : color/transparency on font, icon, border and background
  • pager like capability : send task from one workspace to another, switch workspace
  • multi-monitor capability : one panel per monitor, show task from current monitor
  • customize mouse event
  • window manager’s menu
  • tooltip
  • autohide
  • clock timezones
  • fake & real transparency

Install tint2 and tintwizard

1. Change to root User

su -
## OR ##
sudo -i

2. Install tint2 and tintwizard

yum install tint2 tintwizard

3. Start tint2 Panel/Taskbar/Task Manager with following command

tint2 &

Configure tint2 with tintwizard

Open tintwizard GUI with following command:

tintwizard.py

Autorun/Autostart tint2 Panel/Taskbar

Autostart tint2 on Openbox

Add following row to Openbox autostart.sh config file (~/.config/openbox/autostart.sh)

(sleep 2s && tint2) &

Autostart tint2 on Fluxbox

Add/Change following row on ~/.fluxbox/init file

session.screen0.toolbar.visible: false

Add following row to ~/.fluxbox/startup file

(sleep 2s && tint2) &

Autostart tint2 on Gnome

Run following command (as normal user):

gnome-session-properties

Click Add
and add following:

Autostart tint2 on KDE

Add following tint2 file to ~/.kde/Autostart directory with following content

#!/bin/bash
(sleep 2s && tint2) &

Make tint2 file executable with following command

chmod +x ~/.kde/Autostart/tint2

Autostart tint2 on XFCE

Add following tint2 file to ~/.config/autostart or ~/Desktop/Autostart directory with following content

#!/bin/bash
(sleep 2s && tint2) &

Make tint2 file executable with following command

chmod +x ~/.config/autostart/tint2
## OR ##
chmod +x ~/Desktop/Autostart/tint2

Autostart tint2 on LXDE

Add following command to ~/.config/lxsession/ /autostart file

(sleep 2s && tint2) &
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One Comment

  1. Jenni W. / October 12, 2011

    One thing you cannot do without: A Taskbar
    Install and run: “gnome-panel –replace”.
    This will give you a top and a bottom panel; the top one covered over by the default panel.
    Install and run: “dconf-editor”
    Edit: org -> gnome -> gnome-panel -> layout -> toplevels -> top-panel
    Set option to auto-hide the top panel, and that gets it out of the way at the top.
    Alt/right-click on the bottom panel and choose the Options;
    set Background to “Solid Color”; choose black (rgb:000); set Style to 60% transparant.
    Alt/right-click and choose ‘Add to panel’; search for ‘Main Menu’ and ‘Add’;
    Alt/right-clock on the new ‘Main Menu’ icon, and select ‘Move’, than drag the icon to the leftmost corner on the taskbar.
    Add other items as needed.
    To startup the newly configured taskbar upon login:
    run ‘gnome-session-properties’ and Add ‘gnome-panel –replace’

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