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This is a Compiz effect where the windows appear to be 3 dimentional.

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Is there a Gnome applet similar to the Windows 7 dock with ungroup option?

I'm looking for taskbar that works similar to the one found in win7 and it's not unity:) Dockbarx is very close to what I'm looking for but it does not have ungroup option. Is there any gnome applet (or something?) that works like dockbarx but has…
Szymon Wygnański
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Why do I have man pages of commands that don't exist?

What is panel-test-applets for?? I don't know. But if I want to know I type: $ whatis panel-test-applets The answer is: panel-test-applets (1) - display installed applets I have the man page too, and I can read it: $ man panel-test-applets But…
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My mate-weather applet does not work

My mate-weather applet has not worked for a long time. I use Ubuntu Mate 18.04 and I am located in Lima - Peru. Only for the city of Lima it does not work, but the other cities do. That could be happening?
Victor
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No time on gnome panel after messing up with system languages (14.04)

I had a few languages installed on my machine. I recently wanted to delete all of them and keep only English. Evidently something went bad in the process, because after deleting them, the applet showing the time on the gnome panel disappeared. I…
Guille B
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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?
user284098
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How to make the shutter top panel icon to be permanent?

I'm running ubuntu 13.10.Whenever i open the shutter application,a shutter icon was displayed on the unity top-panel.But it remains for sometime. But my question is how to make this icon to be displayed permanently on the top-panel after i rebooted…
Avinash Raj
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How can I move/edit the panels?

Have just installed Ubuntu 13.10 (desktop), but the panels seem to be locked. I cannot move or edit them, or add applets to the panels. Newbie to Linux... have scoured forums and tried all the hold ALT & right Click or hold SUPER & right click etc.…
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Where do I find a site that provides indicator applets like weather indicator?

I am looking for a site that I can find applets for gnome-panel just like gnome-shell has this extension.gnome.org Any idea?
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Lubuntu 19.04 Battery Percentage Applet?

Is there anyway to get my battery panel applet or widget to display percentage? After dumb fidgeting (removing applet icon repositories) the battery applet is gone and instead it shows a settings symbol but still responds as a battery panel applet?…
Vinnie Ross
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19.04: MATE panel : command-applet[31803]: gtk_label_set_text: assertion 'GTK_IS_LABEL (label)' failed

I have three command applets on a panel. They are displaying correctly but the journal is showing this assertion fail every time an applet refreshes. This happens on only one of my 19.04 machines. I have 3 command-applet[31803]:…
Stephen Boston
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Gnome 3 - How to open application from the notification area tray icon?

Due to a bug/glitch, I can't use Gnome Flashback for a while. I am forced to use the new Gnome 3 layout. There are a few apps (Slack, Skype, Steam, KTorrent, Krusader, ...) that used to be minimized to a "tray icon" in the "task bar" or…
Ondra Žižka
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nm-applet running, indicator not in taskbar- new behavior in 16.04

On Lubuntu 16.04, within the last week the nm-applet indicator disappeared from the taskbar even tho LXTask shows it running, and the wifi connection works as usual. The missing indicator is a new behavior- it has run fine for ~6 months since OS…
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Gnome session flashback - 2 parter question

Will Gnome session flashback be phased out once Ubuntu 18.04 hits the shelves? For the Gnome flashback session, would there be additions to or improvements made on the existing panel applets (would be nice if team created for the task). More…
Matthew Damion
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Can't install app from usc nor using teminal !! 16.04 LTS

I'm newbie here and I've got an error installing applets from Ubuntu Software Center which shows the app's icon in the launcher but it doesn't really install! Internet connection is active but I can't update 'other resources' because it gives me…
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How Do I Get A Coffee Mug/Cup Icon To My Applets?

I've seen someone had a coffee cup on their taskbar, in their indicators, and was wondering how I can get it. I think it was something to do with Java. Also, how do I make my own applet, even if it's just a picture?
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