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spookykid

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2006-07-23

Posts: 141

New Launcher - The Launcher

Hi everybody,
recently I found this little gem http://www.alte.ru/thelauncher/ and screenshots are here http://www.alte.ru/thelauncher/full1.png
The Launcher is minimalistic application launcher focused on touchscreen and keyboard usage. It tries do display as many relevant applications on the screen as possible. Currently, it has GTK+ frontend and supports Debian and freedesktop.org menus. As requirement this application requires GTK+ version 2.10.x. Other dependencies include Pygtk. I've been in contact with the author trying to find bugs and helping in whatever I can. I think this little application falls in the KISS principle, so I'm advertising it here, has is lightweight and can replace the new more heavy menu replacements. Give it a try.

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Crooksey

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From: UK ~

Registered: 2006-08-14

Posts: 415

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Re: New Launcher - The Launcher

Touch screen users may benifit slightly from this, but i dont see it catching on.

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Mr Green

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From: U.K.

Registered: 2003-12-21

Posts: 5,896

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Re: New Launcher - The Launcher

looks more like slab menu

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spookykid

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2006-07-23

Posts: 141

Re: New Launcher - The Launcher

looks more like slab menu

Yes, but much more lightweight as it only depends on gtk and pygtk, that's the difference.

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zodmaner

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Registered: 2007-07-11

Posts: 653

Re: New Launcher - The Launcher

Look nice. Thanks for sharing this. I'll try this out on my eee and see how it goes.