Binary package “trayer” in ubuntu trusty

Lightweight GTK2-based systray for UNIX desktop

 trayer is a small program designed to provide systray functionality
 present in GNOME/KDE desktop environments for window managers which
 do not support that function. System tray is a place, where various
 applications put their icons, so they are always visible presenting
 status of applications and allowing user to control programs.
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 The code started out as an extraction from fbpanel.