Using The Avant Window Navigator (AWN) On Fedora 7 | Linux Today

Using The Avant Window Navigator (AWN) On Fedora 7

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 29, 2007

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme
for this link. ]

“This document describes how to set up the Avant Window
Navigator (AWN) on Fedora 7. The result is an eye candy, dock-like
bar at the bottom of the screen as a replacement for the standard
gnome-panel. The Avant Window Manager provides an easy to use
interface where you can configure/customize it to your needs.
Launchers, task lists, and third party applets are supported.

“This howto is a practical guide without any warranty–it
doesn’t cover the theoretical backgrounds. There are many ways to
set up such a system–this is the way I chose…”

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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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