Howto Create a Transparent Terminal in Ubuntu Desktop | Linux Today

Howto Create a Transparent Terminal in Ubuntu Desktop

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Feb 18, 2008

“This tutorial will explain how to create a Transparent Terminal
in Gnome Background using alltray.

“With AllTray you can dock any application with no native tray
icon (like Evolution, Thunderbird, Terminals) into the system tray.
A high-light feature is that a click on the ‘close’ button will
minimize back to system tray. It works well with Gnome, KDE, XFCE
4*, Fluxbox* and WindowMaker…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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