<s>
Avant	B-Language
Window	I-Language
Navigator	I-Language
(	O
abbreviated	O
AWN	B-Language
or	O
Awn	B-Language
)	O
is	O
a	O
dock-like	O
bar	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
which	O
sits	O
on	O
an	O
edge	O
of	O
a	O
user	O
's	O
screen	O
and	O
tracks	O
open	O
windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instead	O
of	O
representing	O
open	O
windows	O
as	O
buttons	O
or	O
segments	O
on	O
a	O
bar	O
,	O
it	O
uses	O
large	O
icons	B-Device
on	O
a	O
translucent	O
background	O
to	O
increase	O
readability	O
and	O
add	O
visual	O
appeal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
the	O
appearance	O
and	O
functionality	O
of	O
Avant	B-Language
Window	I-Language
Navigator	I-Language
may	O
be	O
customized	O
,	O
and	O
plugins	B-Application
and	O
applets	B-Language
are	O
available	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
to	O
display	O
the	O
progress	O
of	O
a	O
download	O
in	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Firefox	I-Application
or	O
to	O
control	O
a	O
music	O
player	O
like	O
Rhythmbox	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
plugins	B-Application
use	O
the	O
D-Bus	B-Language
IPC	B-Operating_System
system	O
,	O
and	O
applets	B-Language
can	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
C	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
or	O
Vala	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sister	O
project	O
,	O
AWN	B-Language
Extras	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
community-contributed	O
applets	B-Language
and	O
plugins	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Releases	O
are	O
usually	O
kept	O
in	O
sync	O
with	O
AWN	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
major	O
requirements	O
to	O
run	O
older	O
versions	O
of	O
Avant	B-Language
Window	I-Language
Navigator	I-Language
is	O
a	O
compositing	B-Operating_System
window	I-Operating_System
manager	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
least	O
version	O
0.4.0-2	O
in	O
the	O
Debian	O
repos	O
has	O
either	O
Metacity	B-Language
,	O
xcompmgr	O
,	O
Compiz	B-Language
,	O
xfwm4	O
,	O
KWin	B-Language
or	O
Mutter	B-Language
as	O
a	O
dependency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
alternatives	O
were	O
to	O
use	O
a	O
lightweight	O
desktop	O
environment	O
such	O
as	O
Xfce	B-Language
,	O
which	O
has	O
a	O
compositing	B-Operating_System
manager	I-Operating_System
since	O
version	O
4.2.0	O
,	O
or	O
to	O
enable	O
compositing	O
in	O
Metacity	B-Language
when	O
using	O
GNOME	B-Application
.	O
</s>
