Docky + Lubuntu

Lubuntu 10.04, onward

There are a lot of dock options available: Cairo, wbar, etc. But my favorite is Docky.

To install docky, copy-and-paste into the terminal:

sudo apt-get install docky

Under Docky setting, click on the option to "Start when user logs in." Easy.

However, Docky will look very strange without composting. To enable composting, look here.

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DeaDBeeF Music Player

Lubuntu 10.04-11.10

I already posted about my all-time favorite music player, Pithos, but sometimes I'm in the mood for an entire album from my collection. Enter DeaDBeeF, an incredibly lightweight music player.

I prefer DeaDBeef over the default Audacious because it has a simpler, more intuitive interface while retaining Audacious' leanness.

When playing a tune on my small netbook, I don't need to worry about RAM or CPU usage:

Want it? You can grab it by opening LXTerminal and pasting in the following:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexey-smirnov/deadbeef
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install deadbeef

As a final point, I love the file browser plugin. You can snag that here. After you download the .zip, extract it to temporary folder and copy the .so file(s) to

~/.local/lib/deadbeef/.

Enjoy DeaDBeef.

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