Installing Gnome Do

June 26th, 2008 | by hantu |

I have been using Quicksilver on my MacBook for a couple of months now, kinda used to it now since I can launch applications and do most of the daily tasks without having to point-and-click too much.

What if you want something similar that runs on your Linux system? Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to Gnome Do.

gnome-do.png

To install it, add the following PPA repositories into your sources list:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ubuntu hardy main

Reload Synaptic, then search for Gnome-Do. If you are a CLI guy, do this:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-do

When installed, you can Gnome-Do from Applications > Accessories > Gnome Do.

The default hotkey is <Super>-Space, you can easily edit this from Gnome-Do’s Preferences. There’s also easy access to all the official/third-party plugins from the Preferences dialog.

gnome-do-prefs.png

A few plugins that I find useful:

  • Files and Folders: indexes files in your specified directories.
  • Flickr: upload photos to Flickr
  • GNOME Dictionary: add ‘define’ function to Do
  • GNOME Screenshot: take screenshots of whole screen or current window, with delay
  • Twitter: tweet from Do!

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