GNOME Do (often referred to as Do) is a free and open-source

application launcher An application launcher is a computer program that helps a user to locate and start other computer programs. An application launcher provides shortcuts to computer programs, and stores the shortcuts in one place so they are easier to find. In th ...

for

Linux Linux ( or ) is a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged as a Linux distribution, w ...

originally created by David Siegel, and currently maintained by Alex Launi. Like other application launchers, it allows searching for applications and files, but it also allows specifying actions to perform on search results. GNOME Do allows for quick finding of miscellaneous artifacts of GNOME environment (applications, Evolution and Pidgin contacts, Firefox bookmarks, Rhythmbox artists and albums, and so on) and execute the basic actions on them (launch, open, email, chat, play, etc.). While it is designed primarily for the GNOME desktop, it works in other

desktop environment In computing, a desktop environment (DE) is an implementation of the desktop metaphor made of a bundle of programs running on top of a computer operating system that share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphica ...

s, such as

KDE KDE is an international free software community that develops free and open-source software. As a central development hub, it provides tools and resources that allow collaborative work on this kind of software. Well-known products include the ...

. GNOME Do was inspired by Quicksilver for

Mac OS X macOS (; previously OS X and originally Mac OS X) is a Unix operating system developed and marketed by Apple Inc. since 2001. It is the primary operating system for Apple's Mac computers. Within the market of desktop and la ...

, and GNOME Launch Box.

Docky

Docky is a theme for GNOME Do that behaves much like the Mac OS X dock. Unlike GNOME Do's traditional interface, Docky can be set to one of three modes for hiding: * ''None'' - Docky is always visible. * ''Autohide'' - Docky is normally hidden, and appears when the mouse pointer reaches Docky's (unseen) edge at the lower/upper edge of the screen. * ''Intellihide'' - Docky hides if it overlaps any window in the

active window A window manager is system software that controls the placement and appearance of windows within a windowing system in a graphical user interface. Most window managers are designed to help provide a desktop environment. They work in conjunction ...

group, but it can still be brought up with the mouse pointer as described above. Standard Do functionality is still present within Docky, and the Do hot-key will still produce the expected behavior. Docky 2 is a separate application from GNOME Do. Integration with GNOME Do is planned for Docky 2.Omgubuntu.co.uk
/ref>

References

External links

* *
''GNOME Do: an Ontology-Informed, Search-DrivenCommand Interface for the GNU/Linux Desktop''

GNOME Do – Launcher tool to search and launch applications files and more
susegeek.com {{DEFAULTSORT:GNOME Do Application launchers Applications using D-Bus Free software programmed in C Sharp GNOME Applications Graphical shells that use GTK Software that uses Mono (software)

Docky

See also

References

Further reading

External links