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The Future Of Docky – Docky Creator Jason Smith Tells Us Why Docky Is Going To Get Even More Awesome

Since the news of Do and Docky’s mutual decision to split to better serve users of both apps, a lot of readers have been left confused, worried and annoyed. Docky Alpha 1 To clear things […]

19 October 2009
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Why doesn’t Unity just use Docky? Here’s why.

If you ever wondered why Unity uses it's own launcher instead of the SimplyAwesome™ Docky, here is an explanation, straight from Docky's creator Jason Smith.

8 December 2010
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Unity Contributor Report: Ready for Beta 2, Lenses API ready to go

This is a guest post from Ahmed Kamal and Jorge O. Castro, who will be posting Unity updates over the coming weeks (Original Post) The roll up to Beta two begins as the archive starts […]

14 September 2011
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Ubuntu 11.10 Development Update 11

Ubuntu Development Update The Ubuntu 11.10 release is getting nearer and nearer. It’s time to start organising your local release party! Only five weeks left until release! So what’s still left to do in these […]

8 September 2011
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Ubuntu Developer Week starts today – Join in!

The next five days play home to the popular and informative 'Ubuntu Developer Week'. The week-long fact-packed workshops run from February 28th through to March 4th are designed to help get orientated in the ways of Ubuntu development.

28 February 2011
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Putting Your Brick In The Natty Wall – Jono Bacon

In this article, Jono Bacon, the Ubuntu Community Manager, guest posts and discusses a rallying call for delivering Unity in Natty. Wow, what a cycle Natty has been already. Back in Orlando, when Mark proposed Unity for inclusion in Ubuntu 11.04, we knew this cycle was going to be a busy one, and the Design, Desktop Experience, Ubuntu Platform, and community teams have been working at full steam to make Natty a rocking release.

14 February 2011
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Docklet API ‘coming’ to Unity Launcher [updated]

Unity’s launcher could get some added oomph with the release of a new Launcher API for developers to use. When asked whether Unity’s launcher could allow for "…the installation of the Gmail Docky Docket in […]

20 January 2011
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Docky finally removed from GNOME Do

GNOME Do developer Alex Launi announced this morning that, finally, Do and Docky are now separate applications. When we broke the news that Docky and GNOME Do were to split, back in October of last […]

8 March 2010
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A Look Back At Docky in 2009

Dock application ‘Docky’ only came into its singular being this year yet already is one of the most popular 3rd party applications available for Linux (though here’s hoping it makes it into ‘the repo’s come […]

31 December 2009
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Enable Cover Art And Badge In Docky

Docky developer supremo Jason Smith shared a small tweak to enable Cover Art on your Docky dock – complete with countdown badge – in the comments of previous Docky post.   The “hack” is simple […]

21 December 2009
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Docky Gains Panel Mode, Network Docklet & More

Docky gained a sleek new panel mode and a network manager docklet in an update to users of the Docky PPA yesterday. For those wondering why Docky is not longer part of GNOME Do see here […]

22 November 2009
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Gnome-Do Docky To Become Separate Application

Gnome-Do’s Docky mode will soon no longer be part of Gnome-Do but instead launch itself as a standalone application. Arguably the most popular dock for Linux there has ever been, Docky has found itself “outgrowing” […]

15 October 2009