GNOME Do

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GNOME Do
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GNOME Do in action (Classic interface shown)
Original author(s) David Siegel
Stable release 0.95.3 (November 12, 2014;3 years ago (2014-11-12)) [±]
Repository

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Written in C#
Operating system Linux
Platform GNOME, Mono
Type
License GNU GPL
Website do.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]

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

GNOME desktop environment and graphical user interface

GNOME is a free and open-source desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems. GNOME was originally an acronym for GNU Network Object Model Environment, but the acronym was dropped because it no longer reflected the vision of the GNOME project.

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, which share a common graphical user interface (GUI), sometimes described as a graphical shell. The desktop environment was seen mostly on personal computers until the rise of mobile computing. Desktop GUIs help the user to easily access and edit files, while they usually do not provide access to all of the features found in the underlying operating system. Instead, the traditional command-line interface (CLI) is still used when full control over the operating system is required.

KDE Free Software community

KDE is an international free software community developing 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 Plasma Desktop, KDE Frameworks and a range of cross-platform applications like Krita or digikam designed to run on Unix and Unix-like desktops, Microsoft Windows and Android.

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

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Docky

GNOME Do with the Docky interface GNOME Do Docky.png
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:

An active window is the currently focused window in the current window manager or explorer. Different window managers indicate the currently-active window in different ways and allow the user to switch between windows in different ways. For example, in Microsoft Windows, if both Notepad and Microsoft Paint are open, clicking in the Notepad window will cause that window to become active. In Windows, the active window is indicated by having a different coloured title bar. Clicking is not the only way of selecting an active window, however: some window managers make the window under the mouse pointer active—simply moving the mouse is sufficient to switch windows; a click is not needed.

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]

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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" . Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  4. ↑ "GNOME Do - Release". do.cooperteam.net. Retrieved 2015-06-11.
  5. ↑ "Welcome to the Docky wiki". Docky. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  6. ↑ "Docky in Launchpad". Launchpad . Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  7. ↑ "Docky Separates from GNOME Do, Still a Clever Linux App Dock". Lifehacker . 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  8. ↑ "Gnome-Do Docky To Become Separate Application". Omgubuntu.co.uk. 2009-10-15. Retrieved 2010-05-02.
  9. ↑ Omgubuntu.co.uk

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