I started to doubt my beloved Ubuntu after a co-worker showed me the various virtues of Quicksilver on the Mac. But, I have… Beagle? Yuck. Lunchbox was cute, but never seemed to work right. But today, I take that doubt back, great Linux gods. Behold: GNOME Do!
If you know what Quicksilver is, then you are basically there. If you don’t, just imagine a pretty app launched by a simple key combo that lets you do anything from open files, to play songs, to email people with just a few easy keystrokes.
David Siegel’s beautiful site has lots of documentation, plugins, and more. Just be on Gutsy or Heron, add a repo to your sources, install. In case you don’t know what “super-space” is, as I didn’t, super is the meta key, so the one with a Windows Logo on it on most keyboards.
Some additional plugins I installed and found handy:
- Del.icio.us – Search your bookmarks and public ones
- Rhythmbox – Play songs in your library, control volume, and more
- Pidgin – IM people in your Pidgin lists
Update: Check out some additional gnome-do tips in this post.
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