Aqua-Soft ForumsOsx Dock For Linux, Get It Here
wow thats neat
if only someone would program a REAL working dock program for linux.. that would be gold
-bolero
so this one actually doesn't work..?
no i would say it works.. but im just saying an actual real program dock
this is for that karamba themeing thingy for kde
-bolero
I'll give the real dock a try, altho I've never done anything with OpenGL, or graphical for that matter... 
anyone wants to help me out with it?
I'll give the real dock a try, altho I've never done anything with OpenGL, or graphical for that matter... anyone wants to help me out with it?
me too, i think we'd be a great programming team 
seriously though, i would like to help make a real dock for gnome/linux in anyway i can
fissy
oh man if you guys made a dock for linux youd be my heors so bad i,. i.. *tears* .. sniff..lol sorry.. um
anyways... how would the design about a real dock for linux go.. i mean.. considering X windows isnt that great with real transparency for the dock background.. i supose we could just fake it ...
it be a real fun interesting project to work on i think... id love to help out anyway i can
-bolero
we're all very willing but none of us know very much 
a coalition of the willing but useless 
i'm willing to start learning, but i have to wait until after this weeks uni exams.
I'd really like to give this a go
fissy
i keep hearing people say "uni" what is it?
Originally posted by DHSMaroon13@Apr 20 2003, 09:40 PMi keep hearing people say "uni" what is it?
... well, I'd say it stays for "university"...
wow, i'm a dumb ass... not that that's news... i guess i thought it was an acronym for something...
I have experience programming, just not any graphical stuff.. and as for the transparency.. that could be left for the image .. i.e. transparent png. I am going to start looking for a tutorial for OpenGL, see if I can find a way of doing it.. I am not promising anything so don't get your hopes up.
ah yes.. transparent png's... well... the only hardpart i could see is programming the magnification.. lol.. boy..i cant even start to think out to make that..
-bolero
i'd really like to help somehow, so if theres something you want doing, please message me
man this whole dock stuff for linuyx now feels like the begining docks for windows at the very very begining.. you knwo with flash docks or little java docks we used to have.. now its linux;s turn to get up there!!!!
using opengl would be great... would it be able to run on both kde and gnome.. im guessing so right? depends how its programmed i guess.. hehe
-bolero
i think it would work in any desktop enviroment.
do you rememberr the opengl thing someone had added to the x-server?
The enviroment works on a layer above the gl apis?
wow, Im not a fan of any dock but Im just amazed of how good X windows is getting, I hope they get even better
im very excited to read that someone wants to work on this.
i don't think that any of the windows docks are open source, but maybe you could beg one of the three to give you source code. that could really help you guys figure out how to get it going.
(note: i know almost nothing about programming, so if that doesn't make any sence, sorry)
anyway, i hope you guys are able to pull it off. let me know if there is a non-coding way i can help. (screenshots from real osx, etc.)
i've been doing a little bit of reading around for this and theres a fairly well developed open gl desktop for linux i think called dri, based on mesa. http://dri.sourceforge.net/
I think it would be best to make the dock for this version of x-windows as the whole desktop would be based in opengl and it ought to be fast
I think making this dock would be very different to existing ones (except maybe the real thing ) but probably seeing someone else's source wouldn't hurt
From what i understand of DRI it modifies X rather than an environment, so you perhaps you could run our hypothetical dock with kde, gnome etc?
i've finished my exams for a little bit, so i can afford time to work on this now
any hints would be gratefully received
fissy
I am already dreaming me of that dock running in linux. My programming is null, but if I can help him in any thing, don't doubt to request it.
Good luck
is that a whole new X server Fissyb... because even though that looks well.. not alot of people around would have this.. mainly only Xfree86 from the xfree team...i mean build it in what ever environment the guy wants.. but thats the first iv heard of that and im not sure if it would be wise to make it just for that...if you get my point..
-bolero
you might have it already.
type glxinfo and see if you get "direct rendering" then you already have it working. As far as i can gather, nearly all the stuff you need comes with X 4 or later, but might not be working as you need a "kernal module."
Unfortunately i found this:
NVidia provides their own closed source, binary drivers. Hardware specs are not available to the DRI developers and NVidia cards are therefore not supported by the DRI.
ah i figured you meant like its a new X thingy to render everything by openGL.. i do have nvidia drivers GLX support installed.. but im not sure by that means my desktop is suddenly opengl rendered
-bolero
hmm this is all very complicated...
do you have direct rendering?
that apparently means the desktop is rendered by the gfx card?