Okay, so Ubuntu rocks!
I’ve moonlighted with Linux in the past (Slackware, Suse, & Fedora), but I’ve always ended falling back to the old crotchety standby, Windows. I kept Slackware running on my extra PC for web development for a long time, but eventually I had to scrap it for parts. But now that I’ve got Ubuntu (7.0.4 Feisty Fawn) running on my new laptop, I don’t know that I’ll ever go back.
Sure, there are things that it won’t work for. My current work project pretty much requires a Windows platform to run on, so I’ll have to keep a Windows partition. Actually, I’m planning on setting up a triple boot with XP and Vista (why not?).
So I am still looking for something that will work as well as Launchy on my Ubuntu install. I’ve tried Gnome Deskbar-applet with no success yet; I’ve also tried Katapult, but it won’t pick up the hotkeys (Alt+Space should launch it). I think I may have problems with my hotkeys all around on the laptop with Ubuntu, because my Gmail hotkeys won’t work either. So that is the main thing I have to research right now.
But I’ll tell you the coolest thing about this crossover so far: BERYL. It’s awesome. Turns your desktop manager into a 3D cube with dragable windows. Adds sweet effects to lots of stuff, and makes working in the Ubuntu OS a very smooth and excellent experience.
