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    Anything like Vista's Start Menu search for Linux?

    Discussion in 'Linux Compatibility and Software' started by Thomas, Mar 28, 2008.

  1. Thomas

    Thomas McLovin

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    Hi, is there any program like Start Menu Search for Linux? Say, in my applications menu for Ubuntu? I like Ubuntu's Search, but Vista's is much more convenient.
     
    Thomas, Mar 28, 2008
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  2. v1k1ng1001

    v1k1ng1001 Notebook Deity

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    No idea. I always know where everything is so I never use search.

    If the irony isn't troubling, you could use the search function in synaptic to search for a search program. ;)
     
    v1k1ng1001, Mar 28, 2008
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  3. szandor

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    look for nautilus, beagle, gnome-search-tool, etc. you should be able to rig something up in the popup menu. i find it more convenient and faster to use 'find' from the command line as i can pipe commands to it. at the least, updatedb/locate works really well for general searching.
     
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  4. blackbird

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    hi, ofcourse there is

    you just open menu, type what you want and it filters results just like vista

    Kde Kicker / Kickoff Menu (sabayon linux / linux mint kde have this out of the box)

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    Gnome Slab Menu (linux mint / opensuse have this out of the box)

    [​IMG]
     
    blackbird, Mar 29, 2008
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    prol91, Mar 29, 2008
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    Ah. Very nice. I'll have to check those out.
     
    pixelot, Mar 29, 2008
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  7. blackbird

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    Don't confuse this, its not something linux mint created. Its just linux mints's use of the slab menu.

    However you can install this customized menu on any distro (using gnome) using prol91's link
     
    blackbird, Mar 29, 2008
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  8. prol91

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    Yes, your right. sorry for any confusion
     
    prol91, Mar 29, 2008
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    actually i dont know if im right lol, as it states "a slab like menu"
     
    blackbird, Mar 29, 2008
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  10. nimish

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    openSUSE also has the KDE slab menu.
     
    nimish, Mar 30, 2008
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