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AWN Ekes Out a Win in the Battle of the Dock Apps

“My newfound favorite computing app is the desktop dock. Over
the last few weeks, I freed myself of dependence on the desktop
icon to find and launch the programs I use every day. My search for
the ideal docking app came to a halt with Avant Window Navigator,
also known as “AWN.”

“I was ready to settle down with GNOME Do and its handy Docky
option (see my review here). But I decided to check out AWN and
SimDock first.

“The additional effort was time well spent. SimDock was a big
disappointment. AWN is very similar to GNOME Do. But its few more
bells and whistles pushed me into choosing it over GNOME Do.”

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