Ubuntu – How to add Wanda (the fish) to the GNOME Shell panel

fortunegnome

How do you add Wanda (the fish) to the GNOME Shell panel, or to the launcher, and have it display fortune? I want my fish back.

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I already have fortune; I can just type into the terminal fortune and it works, but I want to add it to the left panel, using GNOME Shell.

Best Answer

Indicator-fish:

You can use indicator-fish. It is packaged for 11.04, so if you add the PPA, edit the source entry to point to "Natty". Or, you can build from source, or download the package from the PPA manually. It works in Unity and GNOME Shell.

An example of what it says:

(It really is isn't it?)

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