Enhance Your Rocky 9.4 Linux Desktop: Dash to Panel – A Windows Taskbar Alternative for GNOME

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The “Dash to Panel” extension for GNOME on Rocky Linux 9.4 (or any GNOME-based desktop environment) provides an alternative to the default GNOME Dash and brings a Windows-like taskbar experience to your desktop. Here’s how you can install and configure it:

Install Gnome Extensions

Open terminal and install the gnome-exensions package with the dnf package manager.

sudo dnf install gnome-extensions

Download and install Dash to Dock

Use a web browser of your choice to download and install the dash to dock gnome extension.

Conclusion

After installing gnome-extensions utility and the dash-to-dock extension on your Rocky 9 system, you should have a dock as in the image featured below.

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