How To Display An Icon Only For The MeMenu [Quick Tip]

Want to display an icon only for the Ubuntu MeMenu (the indicator that displays your status)? Just run the following commands in a terminal:

gconftool -s /system/indicator/me/display --type int 0
killall gnome-panel

For me, the MeMenu dissapeared completely (in Ubuntu 10.10) after running the first command but a panel restart fixed it. However, setting it back to "1" didn't require a panel restart.

[via AskUbuntu]

Cairo Dock (GLX-Dock) 2.2.0 To Get A New Systray, MeMenu [Video]

It seems there's a lot of competition between the Linux docks lately, each adding feature after feature.

After AWN got a new style called Lucido (AWN will also get Zeitgeist integration soon), Cairo Dock announced a new systray (or notification area) which you can preview in the video below:

The new systray only works in KDE for now but it should be available on GNOME soon.


Update: I stumbled upon yet another Cairo Dock 2.20 (still beta) which includes Ubuntu's MeMenu: