tint2 Panel/Taskbar/Task Manager on Fedora 16/15 (Gnome 3)
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/
(sleep 2s && tint2) & |
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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’