https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...lxpanel-38301/
I drank the other day and re-installed the OS, as there were just too many cludgy workarounds and it was really a mess.
I figured I'd make a dock this time around. It's not exactly difficult, but there were no good tutorials. I figured I'd document it and submit it as a blog entry - as I was way too lazy to do it over on AskUbuntu.
Anyhow, I managed to occupy myself for like an hour!