Avant Window Navigator (Awn) - http://launchpad.net/awn
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A dock-like bar which sits at the bottom of you screen, allowing you to launch
and control applications. Also has the ability to embed external applets. Look
and feel are fully customisable, and theming support is also available.

Installation
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libwnck-1.0
gnome-desktop-2.0
libgnome-2.0
gnome-vfs-2.0
gconf-2.0
x11
xproto
dbus-glib-1
libglade-2.0
xdamage
xcomposite
xrender

You will also need the following python packages (these are debian-specific naming, but should also be easy to find on 
other systems):
python2.5-dev
python-gnome2-dev
python-gnome2-desktop-dev
python-gnome2-extras-dev

Installation: Backends
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Awn can be compiled to work with various desktop-specific backends for file transfer, .desktop file manipulation and 
configuration. Here's a list of backeds:

  - gnome - This uses gnome-vfs, libgnome-desktop and gconf
  - xfce4 - thuner-vfs, eggdesktop, GKeyFile
  - agnostic - gio, eggdesktop, GKeyfile

You can switch between backends using --with-backend=BACKEND, where BACKEND=gnome, xfce4 or agnostic. The default 
backend it gnome.

Usage
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You can launch Awn from Applications->Accessories->Avant Window Navigator. You
can edit preferences by either launching Awn Manager from System->Preferences->Awn Manager, or right-clicking on the far 
left or right of the main bar, and selecting 'Preferences'.

If Awn Manager does not start, please run `awn-manager` from the terminal to 
see if any dependancies are missing.

Help
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If you have any questions/bug reports/ideas, you can find help in the following
locations:

http://launchpad.net/awn - Main project page
http://wiki.awn-project.org - Wiki
http://forum.awn-project.org - Forum