GNOME Launch Box - QuickSilver for Linux

[ray|raven]

For GNOME:


Launch Box is generally an application launcher. It's very influenced by Quicksilver for Mac OSX. Remember that this is only a first release so don't get your hopes up too much. Launch Box is written for the GNOME 2.10 platform and depends on GTK+ 2.6, evolution-data-server 1.2 and gnome-menus. These are currently hard dependencies but the plan is to split out the backends into different optional backends.

Currently supported modules are:
Application starting and launch
Evolution contacts lookup and mail to
Recent files lookup and open
Files in your desktop and open
Firefox bookmarks lookup and opening

From : http://developer.imendio.com/projects/gnome-launch-box

For KDE:



From :http://katapult.kde.org/

Regards,
ray

[QwertyManiac]

Looks like an offline Google Desktop + Application launcher. Would like to see it improve, maybe with some new innovations

[praka123]

nice thx for the news!

[infra_red_dude]

yeah, i'll wait for a better version. but this is good news kde always had katapult.

btw, it in the ubuntu repos. so ppl who'd wanna try out can type this to install:

sudo apt-get install gnome-launch-box

after installation you may run it by pressing alt+f2 to bring the run dialog box and typing:

gnome-launch-box

if you want it to startup everytime you logon then add the entry is system > prefs > sessions. in the startup programs page click "NEW" button. type anything in the 'Name' field and in the 'Command' field type:

gnome-launch-box

Press OK and then ensure that the 'Enabled' column for this is ticked.

[aditya.shevade]

Great news....

[ray|raven]

@infra_red_dude
Have you installed GNOME Launch Box?
If yes,please share your experience with it.
How good is it compared to Katapult?

Regards,
ray

[infra_red_dude]

yeah i'd installed it sometime back but don't use it much. its pretty fine but still needs to be worked on (the interface and speed) to match katapult. also i cudn't configure it to be in background like katapult. mebbe the option's there somewhere, i didn't haf time to look it up.