Top 3 🖮 Launchers to try on Linux!

What is the best keyboard launcher? I don't know if I've found it yet - but here's some options that come close to mirroring some of the best options in the business.
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[robonator]

afaik the reason unity was able to search through windows' settings was because they used standardized tile bars. Now that menus are handled in a more unique way application by application, it's much harder to automatically parse through and find all of the settings to display to the user and search through

[FengLengshun]

Pop Launcher is honestly my favorite one, that I started using Rofi to be able to imitate Pop Launcher's experience because the others doesn't allow me to have it.

[chocolate_squiggle]

I've never heard of a keyboard launcher - must have been living under a rock lol. But I have used keyboard shortcut launchers since Windows in the early 90's and continue to do so now on Linux. There's just nothing faster than e.g. CTRL-ALT-C for Chrome or SUPER-E for my file Explorer (yeah, held over from the old Windows Explorer days). I even use CTRL-ALT-SPACE to open a terminal since that's so frequent (yes I know CTRL-ALT-T is usually default). For less commonly used apps that I haven't setup a shortcut I'm just happy with whatever the built-in menu is, it's quick enough for occasional use.
I've always got a browser open so web searches are usually just CTRL-N to open a new window and start typing. For simple arithmetic many keyboards have a media button that opens a calc app, or again I just ALT-D and type into the browser bar and usually google will spit out a result or unit conversion right there. I can't say I've ever felt any need for anything like a separate special launcher app, but I guess it's very helpful for those who don't know of keyboard shortcuts. And maybe it's easier to import existing settings onto a new install or a second PC.
Bloody microsoft stopped underlining menu toolbar shortcuts by default somewhere along the way, which probably contributed to even less people realising it was possible to use a PC mostly without a mouse. In fact that's what I miss most from the older Windows days - I used to be able to do literally ANYTHING in my daily workflow with a keyboard. Now after nearly a decade on cinnamon I still have to reach for the mouse to simply navigate through control panel options. And there's one damn Nemo thing that stops me using keyboard for everything in it. I'll never go back to Windows but for straight GUI keyboard usage it was, at one time, superior to anything else I've used.

[ryanhere]

I'm using krunner, I even added my own search shortcuts 🙂

[AbhinavKulshreshtha]

I loved Launchy during my windows days, Productivity gain was amazing. On linux, I never needed one, because of amazing gnome shell and its extensions. I did install uLauncher but I don't think I ever needed to use it .

[Knightjp]

You have an obsession with keyboard launchers.. I had an obsession with keyboards, keyboard layouts, etc.
Went out and got myself a Sun keyboard Type 7, however can't seem to find the drivers for the left cluster to work - regardless of the OS I'm using.
Now I'm currently using the Sun keyboard at work because others need to use my system from time to time and a Bastron Glass Keyboard at home. Love the glass keyboard. However touch typing on it is a bit of a pain.

[keyboard_g]

@6:50 Albert is not C# and QT. Right on your screen it says C++ and QT. 😃

[dragonballjiujitsu]

The best launcher I've seen is Krunner, second would be Gnome search. Ulauncher looks nice but does not have a file search. I also like arc menu with the launcher setting enabled.

[mo-ldnf]

Albert and Ulauncher are my favorite Linux ones but I only use Albert because Alt +Space works on it. On Windows I use Keypirinha which blows the rest away, super fast and feature rich and not as buggy as Linux ones.

[PeteMaister]

Nice video as always! Could you please share the wallpaper you are using. It's awesome! Thanks! 🙏

[jonathannunes]

How did you make the wifi, microphone and zorin launcher icons black? Sorry if I made a mistake in English grammar, I'm just a Brazilian student who studies the English language

[smileynetsmileynet]

Cortana is my favorite. If only it was available for linux cinnamon.

[nevbear]

im a huge fan of rofi, it aint as "plugin / extension" as what you named, but i can script it however i see fit=)

[jhonyortiz]

Foes anyone know if rofi and tofi work on gnome and kde? I'm seeing wlroots dependency.

[kon_radar]

Dark theme for Firefox in a light theme Zorin ..

[efeservili]

I also really appreciate if the author make a video about UnsetupIt, an app that can isolate or remove softs from a . TNice tutorials app is really

[manuelschneidr]

Just a note: Albert is based on _C++_/Qt

[CheeseMan]

gnome shell can unit conversion but you need to say "to" instead of "in", for example 4kg to lbs and it shows that it's 8, 818490487 lbs

[yusefaslam]

Hi, what do you use to switch between Kubuntu and Zorin OS like that?

[YamatoHD]

Those are something my 60 years old dad would use, where are rofi and dmenu