Very easy Mac OS X bar imitation with Gdesklets

[Bossieman]

I have tried for a long time to get a Mac OS X animated applicationbar with no success. Then I managed with gdesklets to achieve this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgAp4XaYCFI

It works just like I want it and it is extremely easy to achieve and it is very nice looking IMO.

Start with

sudo apt-get install gdesklets

Start up gdesklets and choose Toolbar/Launchers, dubbelclick on StarterBar and place the desklet at your prefered place on your desktop.
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/8004/deskletsug0.png
Now drag applications to the desklets and they will appear there (you might need to restart the desklet to see the new application).

If that doesnt work you can try with the following. Rightcklick on the deskletbar and choose "New starter". That will yield
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3356/startky1.png
Now just fill in the information and dont forget to add a icon.

Rightclick on the deskletbar and choose Configure desklets and make it look like the picture below to achieve what was shown in the video.
http://img214.imageshack.us/img214/3908/confol2.png

Dont forget to make gdesklets start automatically if you want it to start when you log into gnome.

[kpagpa]

Thanks very much for this, I kinda figured it out through trial and error with gdesklets.

Just one question: how do you make gdesklets boot automatically at start up? I wasn't aware that you could.

Thanks for your help:)

[timjayko]

system>preferences>sessions add "gedesklets shell" in commands

[kpagpa]

thanks timjayko.........done! :)

[timjayko]

nice.. yah I read how to do that in a guide it was called 13 things to do right after installing ubuntu or something like that.. really good article.. had everything you needed to know about gdesklets

[kpagpa]

I found the article and it looks really good. For anyone else who might be interested:

http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/2007/02/13-things-to-do-immediately-after.html

Thanks for the pointing me in the right direction.\\:D/

[timjayko]

np hehe i believe i found that article through a previous thread i viewed lol woot these forums rock

[kpagpa]

Yeah, it's what I really like about the open source mentality and the spirit of Ubuntu - it's all about helping others. I can relate to that. These forums really rock :)

[acmarfil31]

Very nice.. Thank you guys for the wonderful inputs.