Complete list of lenses for Ubuntu

One of the most interesting features of Unity is the possibility of carrying out all kinds of searches directly from the Dash. At the moment there are few «lenses»That we can install directly from the official repositories. For this reason, it is convenient to know which are the «lenses» available and how install them.

Calculator

To calculate directly from Dash, even using '%', 'sin', 'pi', etc.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: scopes-packagers / ppa sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unity-lens-utilities unity-scope-calculator

Google Books

To search for books and authors in the Google Books database.

To install correctly, you must first restart the session (or unity –replace).

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: davidc3 / books-lens sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unity-lens-books

Ubuntu Cities

To show the place, time and weather conditions of a city.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: scopes-packagers / ppa sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unity-lens-utilities unity-scope-cities

Music Lens for Ubuntu 11.04

With the help of Zeitgeist, you can search for music on your computer. Works perfectly with Ubuntu One Music.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: markjtully / ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unity-music-lens

Google Docs

Allows you to open google documents (Google Docs) in your internet browser.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: nilarimogard / webupd8 sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unity-lens-gdocs

You must provide the user password:

gksu gedit /usr/bin/unity-lens-gdocs.py

Enter your password, and start the lens;

unity-lens-gdocs.py

setid unity

Torrent and Pirate Bay

It is perfectly "legal" and allows you to filter by category, so you can download with your favorite torrent manager.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: scopes-packagers / ppa sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install unity-scope-piratebay python-lxml

Wikipedia lens

Wikipedia in the palm of your hand ...

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: scopes-packagers / ppa sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install unity-lens-wikipedia

Name of Websites

It allows you to comfortably enter any site by typing it directly in the Dash, without having to do it from the browser.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: cscarney / unity-web-place

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install unity-place-websearch

collect

Recoll is a system that indexes text of all kinds including MS Office, mp3, jpg and other formats, to be able to access directly from the Dash.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: recoll-backports / recoll-1.15-on sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install recoll-lens recoll

Reddit

Only for Ubuntu 11.10 or higher.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: markjtully / ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unity-reddit-lens

Tools for Designers

To add brushes, color palettes, fonts and more with a single click to Gimp and Inkscape.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: scopes-packagers / ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unity-lens-graphicdesign unity-scope-colourlovers unity-scope-deviantart unity-scope-dribbble unity-scope-iconfinder

Please log out and reopen it for it to take effect.

Calendar

Look for your entries in the Calendar.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: markjtully / ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unity-calendar-lens

And if you want the Thunderbird calendar;

sudo apt-get install xul-ext-lightning

Food recipes for Ubuntu

Look for food recipes and surprise your friends.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: gotwig / lens-cooking sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y unity-lens-cooking

Grooveshark

To search for music in Grooveshark and listen to it in your internet browser.

It can be used in Ubuntu 11.10 by adding the following PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: scopes-packagers / ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install unity-scope-grooveshark

News

News directly in the Dash and in our language.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: scopes-packagers / ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unity-lens-news

Restart Ubuntu for it to take effect.

Search on DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo is an established search engine, similar to Google, that uses information from publicly sourced sites (such as Wikipedia) with the aim of increasing traditional results and improving relevance. DuckDuckGo's philosophy emphasizes privacy and not logging user information.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: w-vollprecht / ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install duckduckgo-lens

Reboot for settings to take effect.

Radios

To extract stations from a list of over 7.000 radio stations on the site radio of. Open the radio directly in the Rhythmbox music player.

Download it directly from here, open with the Ubuntu Software center:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install unity-lens-radios

Google Play

To search Android applications directly from the Dash.

Download it directly from here, open with the Ubuntu Software center:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: abhshk-btra / rotatingcanvas sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install googleplaylens

Rotten Tomatoes, movies

To search for movie synopses, directly from the Dash. The information is collected from the Rotten Tomatoes website.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: scopes-packagers / ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get -y install unity-lens-utilities unity-scope-rottentomatoes

How to remove Amazon search from Dash

sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping

To see an updated list I recommend reading the corresponding article in Ask Ubuntu.