I want to create a single launcher for Chrome, Banshee,Thunderbird and Gwibber. What is the easiest way to do this?
2 Answers
For Ubuntu 10.10 and below
Create a file that contains these commands:
!#/bin/sh
thunderbird &
gwibber-service &
banshee &
#chrome & # commented out, because I don't know the exact command.
# find out by typing "chrom" into terminal and autocomplete with tab
Save it e.g. as ~/ChromeBansheeThunderbirdGwibberStarter and assign execute-permission:
chmod +x ~/ChromeBansheeThunderbirdGwibberStarter
Now right-click panel, Add to panel..., Custom Application Launcher
Type: Application
Name: (whatever you like)
Command: ~/ChromeBansheeThunderbirdGwibberStart
Clicking the icon will allow you selecting something else for your launcher.
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1Would you mark my answer as solution, please? This would also remove your question from "unanswered" :)– freddybApr 19, 2011 at 20:21
Since you tagged your question "command-line" you might want to man gnome-open
Indeed I use this so often I have
alias go=gnome-open
in my ~/.bash_aliases
file.