How to have a Mac like taskbar in ubuntu?

Mac's UI is amazing but unfortunately could not afford to buy it. Wondering if at all possible to get mac like task bar in ubuntu...

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asked by oid4a419ab96...
2 years 33 weeks ago

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Avant window navigator provides a nice Task bar (even a 3D task bar)

Run the following apt-get commands

sudo apt-get update (this will update ubuntu to the latest packages)
and the following will install avant window navigator
sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator-trunk awn-manager-trunk awn-extras-applets-trunk

Note: make sure the following lines are in /etc/apt/sources.list (If it is not there please add these lines)

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Now goto Applications->Accessories, you will have Avant Window Navigator menuitem, click on it and launch it. You can configure it to launch while booting automatically.

answer by fruper
2 years 30 weeks ago

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Avant Window Navigator can be installed in jaunty 9.04 as simple as follows
Open a terminal and type
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install avant-window-navigator awn-manager