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I just recently started using ubuntu for things, other than the terminal. The Side menu is pretty nice, however I am using 3-4 programs (in the definition that they have an icon and appear on the side bar), so most of the space the task bar requires is not used.

Is there a way to have the icons on the top, where the clock, sound and email are? Some programs, like skype or spotify appear there. I want all programs to appear there and, if possible, to have icons by default and start the programs from there.

Is it possible ? If so, how ?

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You can check if this works for you, if not, have in mind that Unity have been designed with certain guidelines. In particular, the indicators are not used for window/task management. You can set the Launcher to auto-hide and install a dock/panel and configure it to suit your needs. There are many dock/panel alternatives: docky, cairo-dock, xfce4-panel, gnome-panel, tint2, lxpanel, ....

You could also install KDE or Xfce, which can be easily configured to have a panel on the top as you wish. The packages are named kde-runtime and xfce4.

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