Category: keyboard launcher

Celebrating the greatness! A collection of Executor posts!!

Hey you guys. This post is dedicated to my favorite software of all time!

This post is a collection of posts varying from the early days of this blog, with some new things too. So read on, maybe you catch the bug 😉
What is executor?

What is Executor


“This is a multi-purpose launcher and a more advanced and customizable version of windows run. The program originated as I was sick of spending too much time searching for programs through my ever growing windows start-menu, and also I missed a tool that could ease and optimize my daily work flow. There was of course already programs like this available, but each had it’s annoyance or missing features or too(!) geeky.” Official website 

I have to admit. I love executor so much! I think it’s the best ever!!
It made my life a lot easier!

I even go to the forms to dwell on the latest improvements and bug fixes. I think I’m in love <3
and there I learned that no Linux version will ever be issued! That broke my heart and lead a frantic search for an alternative. I summed it up here for you to read!

Thanks to it I can have an empty desktop and access my programs and important files easily. Even combine 3 or more command together to launch them together!!

You name it: Websites, drives, documents. As long it’s indexed it’s there and you will get it fast! Even faster if you add the Everything search utility!

It’s never boring. It always has a new exciting side to it! The skins can be changed to many looks. Enjoy the many skins you can apply to your launcher.

There are some bugs too. You might wanna disable this option “Index and chancing Auto index”. It has caused my whole computer to crash a couple of times :'( . Nothing is perfect sadly

 

Always make sure to backup your keywords! They are your toolkit to dominate over your computer!
Go to settings Keywords right click any word Select Export Keywords.

I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did writing it. And I hope it gets you to download it 😉

Top alternatives for Executor on Linux

Hey guys
After confirming that there wasn’t an executor coming for Linux, I was bummed 🙁

Luckily Linux has a lot more to offer, here are my top alternatives of executor on Linux:

1. Launchy

A popular launch app. I even used it on windows for a while. It was my first serious app. I didn’t like it due to index issues. It took over 100 MB of ram to index the drive!

Website (Windows – Linux)

2. Synapse

One of the best simply! It can replace Executor for you with ease. I had one bug with it. It displayed file and folder history alongside the results. To me that was not good! 3:)

Website (Linux only)

3. Gnome Do.

I tried it for a while. I wasn’t really impressed, I mean it has some big shoes to fill.

Website (Linux only)

4. Unity Dash

Simple. Shipped with Ubuntu by default. has some nice features. It searches the internet as well the local sources. But me suing Xubuntu ..

Linux only Wikipedia

5. Kupfer

Which happens to be my personal favorite) I think it’s the best. It works almost the same. And with some knowledge you will be able to make your own keywords.

It’s fast, light weight, and customizable.

Website (Linux only)

These were my picks. I’d love to hear what you think about keystroke launchers. What are your favorites?

Comment below and let the knowledge flow 😀

There won’t be an Executor on Linux

Hi, good day to you

As it hurts me to report, the best Keyboard launcher won’t be making the jump toLinux..
And here I quote from the author of Executor:


“Hi,  Unfortunately there are no plans on a Linux version of Executor. My development time is very limited and the code base for Executor is heavily tied into the low level Windows API. I remember a colleague of mine showing me some quite impressive alternatives to Executor on Linux, can’t remember their names though.”

You can check the full thread from here

He suggested other alternatives that he forgot, I will update this post if he replied to me.
What are the alternatives you are using? Please share them with us..

I will make a separate post about it later this week when I have some time..
Here you have it 😀 I hope you find this useful  🙂

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