Software:GNOME Do

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Short description: Application launcher for Linux
GNOME Do
GNOME Do Logo.svg
GNOME Do Classic.png
GNOME Do in action (Classic interface shown)
Original author(s)David Siegel
Stable release0.95.3 (November 12, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-11-12)) [±]
Written inC#
Operating systemLinux
PlatformGNOME, Mono
Type
  • Application launcher
  • Linux on the desktop
LicenseGNU GPL
Websitedo.cooperteam.net

GNOME Do (often referred to as Do) is a free and open-source application launcher for Linux originally created by David Siegel,[1] 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.).[2]

While it is designed primarily for the GNOME desktop, it works in other desktop environments, such as KDE.

GNOME Do was inspired by Quicksilver for Mac OS X, and GNOME Launch Box.[3]

Docky

GNOME Do with the Docky interface

Docky is a theme for GNOME Do that behaves much like the Mac OS X dock.[4] 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 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[5][6][7][8] is a separate application from GNOME Do. Integration with GNOME Do is planned for Docky 2.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lifehacker - Fast File and Program Launching with GNOME Do
  2. ↑ Ubuntu 10.04 Add/Remove Applications description for GNOME Do
  3. ↑ GNOME Do Developers. "GNOME + Do = Crazy Delicious". http://do.cooperteam.net/. 
  4. ↑ "GNOME Do - Release". http://do.cooperteam.net/release.shtml. 
  5. ↑ "Welcome to the Docky wiki". http://wiki.go-docky.com/index.php?title=Main_Page. 
  6. ↑ "Docky in Launchpad". https://launchpad.net/docky. 
  7. ↑ "Docky Separates from GNOME Do, Still a Clever Linux App Dock". 2009-11-23. http://lifehacker.com/5411278/docky-separates-from-gnome-do-still-a-clever-linux-app-dock. 
  8. ↑ "Gnome-Do Docky To Become Separate Application". 2009-10-15. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/10/gnome-do-docky-no-longer-part-of-gnome.html. 
  9. ↑ Omgubuntu.co.uk

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