I just installed lxde to boot into when laptop is using battery, but I really miss at least a simple search feature, I am used to Unity so I find myself losing too much time navigating on the menus, given that the LXDE menu is just a list with a basic categorization. I would prefer to avoid creating shortcuts everywhere if possible.
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Forget about that, there's nothing like that for the LXDE menu, use Synapse.
Install it from the terminal: sudo apt-get install synapse
Synapse review with screenshots http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/11/synapse-gnome-do-launcher-app-review-ubuntu
The correct, fancy name for it is semantic launcher BTW :)
Other related stuff:
Zeitgeist - indexing tool used by Synapse
Gnome Do - another launcher similar to Synapse, older
answered Oct 21, 2012 at 0:12
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I can't find it in the repositories now. Is it discontinued or what? Jul 28, 2014 at 19:26
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it sounds kinda heavyweight. will it run ok on old hardware (the reason i'm running lubuntu/lxde)?– hwjpNov 26, 2014 at 13:26
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You have to add a PPA to run synapse on Ubuntu 15.04: askubuntu.com/a/624696/34298– rubo77May 17, 2015 at 0:20
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the zeitgeist domain that is in use has expired and been taken over by a domainer, so my worry is that all the external stuff doesn't work anymore (the externally referenced plugins). Kupfer (noted below) is more recently updated. Oct 27, 2020 at 22:41
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When I installed synapse on my lubuntu 18.04 via terminal, I could open it but not search anything– emaJun 9, 2021 at 10:25
Kupfer provides a simple menu searcher activated from a global keyboard shortcut.
sudo apt-get install kupfer
By default you show Kupfer using the global keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Space.
https://kupferlauncher.github.io/
A quick video review can be found here.
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1Is there a way to make it show several results? For example typing 'chrom' and seeing Chromium and Chrome– golimarNov 12, 2018 at 15:34
XFCE provides an excellent app finder. You can install it with
sudo apt-get install xfce4-appfinder
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doesn't it need the xfce4 panel in order to function?– user47206Jul 3, 2018 at 10:26
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@cipricus It seems to need only the
xfce4-appfinderandxfconfpackages and some libs, total 1 MB download and 5 MB installed– golimarNov 12, 2018 at 15:42 -
@golimar - Thanks. No need for such tools in 18.10.– user47206Nov 12, 2018 at 16:02
Lubuntu 18.10 with LXQt desktop has two search tools by default:
- The Applications Menu
- The Runner (
lxqt-runner)
Their shortcuts are configurable, including the "Super" key; under Preferences>LXQt Settings>LXQt Configurations settings>Shortcut keys.
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@golimar - Not only it is the new default desktop of Lubuntu in 18.10 and probably after that, but it represents a change also in that it is a Qt desktop. If you are interested I have posted a number of questions and answers on LXQt on both askubuntu and Unix&Linux, you can search with "cipricus" and "lxqt". If you are using Lubuntu 18.04 and want to use 18.10 I would recommend a clean re-install because of the gtk-qt discrepancies.– user47206Nov 12, 2018 at 17:15
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@golimar - I guess it is at least as light as LXDE by default with openbox as window manager. (I prefer a more heavy customization myself, with kwin as window manager and dolphin as file manager, entailing the installation of the Plasma desktop - which I do not use, but which is installed). - The two search tools mentioned above come by default.– user47206Nov 12, 2018 at 17:24
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@user47206 unfortunately LXQT is not "at least as light as" LXDE even as of Oct 2020. Oct 27, 2020 at 22:39