I was pretty psyched to read on Lifehacker today that the popular app launcher for Windows called Launchy has released a Linux version for GNOME and KDE. I’ve never tried Launchy (Linux only around here!), but as soon as I get home to my desktop (in about four days or so) I’ll definitely give it [...]

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When using GNOME on my main workstation, it’s understood that I’ll be using the Deskbar. For finding documents, opening applications…but not usually searching my Gmail. Now there’s a way!
Linux blogger Sheehantu has a great post on how add Gmail search functionality to the deskbar, and it’s super easy! Just drop in a script edit with [...]

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Deskbar is one my favorite productivity apps on Linux. It’s GNOME applet that allows me to search files, contacts, switch tasks, and more from a single text box.

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