KXDocker is a discontinued and obsolete
program for the
Linux operating system written by Stefano Zingarini.
It resembles the "
Dock
A dock (from Dutch language, Dutch ''dok'') is the area of water between or next to one or a group of human-made structures that are involved in the handling of boats or ships (usually on or near a shore) or such structures themselves. The ex ...
" of
Mac OS X in that it is mainly used as an application launcher. It supports
themes,
plugins
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** Audio plug-in, adds audio signal processing features
** Photoshop plugin, a piece of software t ...
and a few extra features (there is documentation on creating your own themes). Other such docks available for Linux and
KDE include
Kiba-dock (implements physics simulation allowing the application icons to be dragged around and initially looked to be more suitable for the
GNOME
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desktop environment), Kooldock and Ksmoothdock.
KXDocker was made for
Linux distributions using KDE, but also works with GNOME. It is
free software released under the terms of the
GNU General Public License.
KXDocker was discontinued, and Zingarini stated that he started project XQDE. the XQDE homepage states "xqde.xiaprojects.com is almost here!", and the only code on
SourceForge is dated 2009.
References
* Aleksey 'LXj' Alekseyev (January 4, 2007
KXDocker: More than a task manager linux.com
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* Wolfgang Miedl (10 January 2005)
Linux-Startleiste im Apple-Stil(Linux taskbar in Apple style),
Computerwoche
* Marcel Gagné (January 5, 2005
Cooking with Linux - Eye-Popping Panels Linux Journal
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External links
*
XQDE - Successor to KXDocker
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KDE software
Application launchers
Linux windowing system-related software