![]() ![]() Scroll through the listing with the arrow keys and press the Enter keyto launch your desired app or open the listed file in its associatedprogram. The results appear in a window under GNOME Do’s splashscreen. Or type the first few letters of an app youwant to run. Type a letter to bring up an alphabetized menu of corresponding appsand related search items. Another option is to press the Super or Windows key and thespace bar simultaneously. To bring up this searchwindow, just click the GNOME Do icon in the notification area on thedesktop. GNOME Do’s basic interface opens a small window in the center of thescreen over whatever program is already there. Scrolling through the Plug-in tab under thePreferences option presents a hefty list of more cool stuff. It comes preset with a handful of plug-inhelpers already engaged. This baby is a kin to the MacOS X’s Quicksilver and the GNOME Launch box. ![]() If you run other desktop environmentslike KDE, you can still use GNOME Do. You also canopen a new email window for a name entered from your address book.ĭo not let its name fool you. Use Do (the app’s nickname by admirers) to quickly run applications,find Evolution contacts and Firefox bookmarks, locate files, artistsand albums in Rhythmbox or IM buddies in Pidgin. For instance, you can right-click to run,play, chat, etc. Depending on what options youselect, it can do even more. GNOME Do is an app launcher, program switcher and file-searching toolwrapped into one really cool interface. ![]() It needs no shared usefulness withmy other two launcher heartthrobs.Įven worse, GNOME Do comes with a BFF (Best Friends Forever) optioncalled “Docky.” Together, they bring an entirely new look and feel toliving in Linux. But the GNOME Dointerface is radically different. Until now the desktopicons and the panel icons complemented each other. My launch-lover’s quarrel is far from over. Clicking an iconin the panel eliminates having to find the desktop when open windowshide its icons. Desktop icons are quick andavailable for launching an app in a virgin workspace. I use four or more workspaces (virtual desktops) to segregaterelated project apps onto the same screen. The launch panel infatuation comes from my first exposure to the LinuxOS. Launching apps fromdesktop icons is hard-wired into Puppy Linux. It’s easy to set up in Ubuntu Linux and similar distroswith a right-click from the applications’ menu. The desktop icons fetish is a carry over from my earlier MicrosoftWindows daze. ![]()
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