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Do is an application to find things on your system and quickly perform actions, similar to Quicksilver for OSX and GNOME Launch Box. It works on a variety of different desktop environments, including GNOME and KDE. Basically, all you need to do is to press Super + Space on your keyboard, and the Do dialog will open. Super is the Windows key on a PC, or the Command key on a Mac. Type in the name of an application, and Do will launch it for you.
But that's just the start of the fun you can have with GNOME Do. As you can see, you can also use it to listen to amazing Radiohead albums! Alastair Otter from Tectonic mentions some of the more interesting features:
When installed GNOME Do instantly has access to Firefox favourites, applications and configuration tools on the Ubuntu desktop. There are also a good handful of plugins available for doing things such as playing music, accessing instant messaging tools and more.
It's really easy to use GNOME Do to access your e-mail and instant messaging clients as well. The application can be mastered relatively quickly, and will allow you to work much more quickly and intuitively. Ravi at All About Linux describes the one I use most often:
You can open any file or folder in your home directory by typing the first few letters of their name and pressing enter. For example, to open my home folder, I press the hotkey combination and type 'r', 'a', 'v' and Gnome Do will open my home folder.I'm sure some of this can sound confusing to those who have never used a quick launch application before, so I included the video below so you can see Do in action. The design is very smooth, complete, and well thought out. The video was originally posted by Dapperlinx over at YouTube:
The applicaiton is pretty easy to install. Pop open your /etc/apt/sources.lst file in a program like Leafpad or gEdit and add the following lines:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rharding/ubuntu gutsy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/rharding/ubuntu gutsy mainAs soon as you do that, type the following in your favorite terminal:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gnome-doYou may want to check out some of the plugins, including one for Google Calculator and for Epiphany.
9 comments:
Nice Article,
I really liked the video.
I had written a similar article on GNOME DO at
Techzone .
Could I include a link to your blog in it?
Of course you can!
Your desktop looks really GROOVY! Thanks for sending me this stumble, Mary. Though I have left my IT days behind me in favor of more creative, fulfilling work, the tech geek in me still eats this stuff up!! =oD
BTW, this is Yogizilla.. You can check out my main blog at http://yogizilla.wordpress.com - TGAPdesign.com in the works as well! I'd love to see your thoughts on my blog, Mary!! =o)
Mary, thanks for posting. Dave deserves lots of good press for this app. It's great and he works like a mad man on it. Talk about a useful school project. :)
The plugin I can't live without anymore is the pastebin one. Highlight text, send to pastebin, and get back a url to your new post.
I see you're in AA. You should check out the calendar at srtsolutions.com and come out to some of the events. Lightning talks fridays, python user group, AACS, etc. It's cool to get people in the OSS community together.
@deuce868, I'll definitely try to make it out if I get a chance between school and work. You know, I can't turn down an opportunity to talk about Python without scaring people...
there is a small typo in your text that would spoil the fun for beginners it should say
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
instead of
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.lst
great app!
Why isn't there a GPG-Key for ppa.launchpad.net?! :(
There's a new "official" PPA: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GnomeDo/Installation
It contains newer Do builds, featuring the new bling!
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