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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 function
by 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 agoNice. 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.