Is this KDE 4?
If so, try right-clicking the panel. (If you see "Unlock widgets",
click that. Then right-click the panel again.)
Select "Add Widget". Scroll until you find "Task Manager"
(or type "task" into the search field and it'll filter out everything
but the widgets with "task" in their
I have a machine with Debian lenny and that is just fine. When I got new
laptop, I
installed Debian squeeze with KDE. It has always been a bit quirky which is
why the other machine has stayed at lenny. Recently my laptop has stopped
showing open
applications on the task bar. I haven't been able to