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I have no experience with OS X and Alfred, but from what you describe it looks like krunner for the KDE desktop environment. krunner is a mini-CLI you can open

by yaantc 12y ago

I have no experience with OS X and Alfred, but from what you describe it looks like krunner for the KDE desktop environment. krunner is a mini-CLI you can open with alt-F2 by default (customizable of course). It allows searching apps or the web, opening web sites, search files, controlling music being played, or whatever really as it's extensible through plugins. If using KDE is acceptable to you, you can learn more here: https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Krunner https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Krunner

wishiknew 12y ago
Thanks for the link. I'm not a KDE person and never have been, but this is a great tool. I haven't been able to write a calculator nor a dictionary with my setup, for instance. I don't miss them that much from Alfred, but I would definitely use them if I had them.
lectrick 12y ago
Alfred is awesome http://www.alfredapp.com/ http://www.alfredapp.com/ It is based on an idea from an older launcher called Quicksilver http://qsapp.com/ http://qsapp.com/ These types of apps have existed in OS X for a long time. I'm kind of surprised that Linux doesn't have an equivalent yet, as pretty much any open-source dev who uses a Mac laptop knows about the above apps.
- wooger 12y ago
  They have existed on Linux for just as long, it's just you Mac folks haven't heard of them as there's more choice, and all the major desktops have this functionality built in, at least as far as app launching goes - just press the windows key and start typing works in Unity & Gnome at least. Less chance for market dominance from any one tool. The coolest, ultra minimal yet featureful one is dmenu, which I haven't seen mentioned yet. Gnome-do, Kupfer are also good.
  - lectrick 12y ago
    Nice. In doing a bit of Googling of dmenu I found this http://alternativeto.net/software/dmenu/?platform=mac http://alternativeto.net/software/dmenu/?platform=mac Which may be helpful for others as a general way to find alternatives for a given piece of software on other platforms.

by yaantc 12y ago

wishiknew 12y ago

Thanks for the link. I'm not a KDE person and never have been, but this is a great tool. I haven't been able to write a calculator nor a dictionary with my setup, for instance. I don't miss them that much from Alfred, but I would definitely use them if I had them.

lectrick 12y ago

Alfred is awesome http://www.alfredapp.com/ http://www.alfredapp.com/ It is based on an idea from an older launcher called Quicksilver http://qsapp.com/ http://qsapp.com/ These types of apps have existed in OS X for a long time. I'm kind of surprised that Linux doesn't have an equivalent yet, as pretty much any open-source dev who uses a Mac laptop knows about the above apps.

wooger 12y ago
They have existed on Linux for just as long, it's just you Mac folks haven't heard of them as there's more choice, and all the major desktops have this functionality built in, at least as far as app launching goes - just press the windows key and start typing works in Unity & Gnome at least. Less chance for market dominance from any one tool. The coolest, ultra minimal yet featureful one is dmenu, which I haven't seen mentioned yet. Gnome-do, Kupfer are also good.
- lectrick 12y ago
  Nice. In doing a bit of Googling of dmenu I found this http://alternativeto.net/software/dmenu/?platform=mac http://alternativeto.net/software/dmenu/?platform=mac Which may be helpful for others as a general way to find alternatives for a given piece of software on other platforms.