After seeing a lot of very cool desktop customization pictures on the web, I finally decided to see what could be done with Gnome on Ubuntu 10.04 without placing a heavy resource load. My laptop is a few years old. It is a Lenovo T60 with an Intel Core Duo 1.83GHz, 3GB RAM, 100GB/5400 RPM hard disk, and an Intel mobile integrated graphics card. I tried a lot of various techniques, including Gnome Do, Docky, and Cairo Dock. I settled on use of Docky with the elementary desktop theme. I've been very happy with the stability, responsiveness, and features thus far.
I followed most of the instructions from this
how-to-guide, with the exception of adding the Gloobus Preview capability, which I did not want because it required loading a non-standard version of nautilus.
Here's a snapshot of my desktop now:
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| Desktop after customization with Docky & Elementary desktop theme |
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