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