Albert and Kupfer: 2 excellent pitchers as alternatives to Cerebro
Regardless of the type of operating system or even computer we use, it's no secret that using the keyboard predominantly is always better than using the mouse predominantly or almost exclusively.
And for that reason, many operating systems and applications implement keyboard shortcuts (hotkeys) or create launchers for actions or applications to improve user productivity . Our GNU/Linux distributions have good examples, one of which is the application called "Brain," which we discussed recently, and two others , "Albert" and "Kupfer," which we'll talk about today.
The topic of user productivity on different operating systems may seem trivial to the average user, but for technology professionals or those in other fields, it's important to avoid actions that involve intensive mouse clicks for repetitive or cyclical daily tasks.
And in that respect, GNU/Linux distributions , among their many other fabulous features , have an excellent range of application launcher options or actions to get rid of such monotonous tasks by minimizing the use of the mouse , in activities such as going to the application menu and running an application or going to a terminal and running a command.
Pitchers: Albert and Kupfer to increase productivity
Albert
According to its developers on their official website , Albert is a Launcher described as follows:
“ A launcher capable of accessing everything with virtually no effort. Therefore, it can run applications, open files or their paths (folders/directories), open bookmarks in a browser, search the web, perform calculations, and much more. Albert is a desktop-agnostic launcher whose goals are usability and aesthetics, performance and extensibility. It is written in C++ and based on the Qt framework. It is developed under the GPL license, 100% free and open source . ”
It is currently at stable version number 0.16.1 dated 12/2018 , and also has a website on GitHub.
Copper
According to its developers on their official website , Kupfer is a Launcher described as follows:
“ Kupfer is an interface for quick and easy access to applications and their documentation. The most typical use is to find a specific application and launch it. We've tried to make Kupfer easy to extend with plugins so that this quick access paradigm can be extended to many more objects than just applications. We hope you enjoy using Kupfer.”
It is currently at stable version number 3.19 dated 03/2017 , and also has a website on GitHub.
Other featured launchers
- Avant Window Navigator (Awn): https://launchpad.net/awn
- bashrun2: http://henning-liebenau.de/bashrun2/
- Dmenu: https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/
- DockBarX: https://github.com/M7S/dockbarx
- Duck Launcher: https://launchpad.net/~the-duck/+archive/ubuntu/launcher
- gnome su: https://do.cooperteam.net/
- gnome foot: https://schneegans.github.io/gnome-pie.html
- krunner: https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Krunner
- Launchy: https://www.launchy.net/index.php
- Lighthouse: https://github.com/emgram769/lighthouse
- Mutate: https://github.com/qdore/Mutate
- Plasma kick-off: https://userbase.kde.org/Plasma/Kickoff
- menu: https://github.com/sgtpep/pmenu
- rofi: https://github.com/davatorium/rofi
- Slingshot: https://launchpad.net/slingshot
- Synapse: https://launchpad.net/synapse-project
- ulauncher: https://ulauncher.io/
- Whisker Menu: https://gottcode.org/xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin/
- Zazu: https://zazuapp.org/
Recommendation
If, for whatever reason, you're not going to use Cerebro, Albert, or Kupfer as your launcher , it's preferable to choose one like Ulauncher . All the others are much more outdated, abandoned, or, while updated, are designed for a specific desktop environment. Ulauncher is a modern, up-to-date launcher with good support, many available plugins, and it doesn't depend on any particular desktop environment. Therefore, we'll be publishing more about it soon.
Conclusion
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