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?! It’s common on many Linux distros as well as Windows to hit the Win key and type to filter apps to launch. Same on Mac, Win+Space allows you to type the app
by smarx007 5y ago
?! It’s common on many Linux distros as well as Windows to hit the Win key and type to filter apps to launch. Same on Mac, Win+Space allows you to type the app name.
- Mikeb85 5y agoMy bad. GP was about desktop icons, not start menu launchers. Yes, that's a nice feature, but it's not a regular thing consumers need to do. Most Linux software is packaged much more nicely. For example, VSCode, Steam, Chrome are available as debs/rpms and when you install them, they all create their own launchers. Heck, VSCode and Steam are in Ubuntu's snap repo (that you can access from the Software store) by default. Chrome and Steam are in Fedora's 3rd party repos standard. Needing to go through an extra step or two for a non-standard Java tool doesn't say much about Linux, especially for the average person. Last time I used Java, all the Eclipse add-ons were installable through the IDE.