DNdnzm·Nov 29, 2017
As for Alfred replacement... How about [Albert](https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert)?
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albert
A fast and flexible keyboard launcher
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| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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7 sourcesAlbert: A fast and flexible keyboard launcher
2 points · Open discussion> I haven't found an easy app for Linux that works like Search Everything on Windows.
https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert
In Sublime Text 3 dev build 3128 releasedThere are quite a few of these Quicksilver-clones these days:
* Ulauncher http://ulauncher.io/
* Albert https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert#albert-
* Synapse https://launchpad.net/synapse-project
* Kupfer https://kupferlauncher.github.io/
* Zazu http://zazuapp.org/
* M-x counsel-linux-app http://oremacs.com/2016/03/16/counsel-linux-app/
I've tried a couple, but I always end up back to Alt+F2 in XFCE, since most of these launchers always start so slowly in comparison, and I never use any other features (more than once) than starting Firefox/Emacs/Terminal …
In Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brainI'm very satisfied with Linux Mint 18 and Cinnamon. Everything ran out of the box on my Thinkpad; It comes with nice looking fonts that render well; The Mint-y theme is quite beautiful (IMHO); It's a Debian/Ubuntu derivative, so you get very good support and a lot of packages; High-dpi scaling works very nicely, especially since version 18.
If you need a replacement for Alfred, you should have a look at Albert [0]. I use Albert in Linux Mint as a replacement for the Main menu.
[0] https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert
In Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X – Part 2Albert: Alfred-like launcher app for Linux
4 points · Open discussionNot sure about searching clipboard history, but just about every Linux window manager has a decent application launcher that can be easily accessed with the keyboard.
I haven't tried it, but Albert may be worth a look : https://github.com/ManuelSchneid3r/albert
In Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X