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* [https://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXLauncher lxlauncher] (LXDE official launcher, gtk2; [https://wiki.lxde.org/en/images/5/5c/LXlauncher.png screenshot])
* [https://wiki.lxde.org/en/LXLauncher lxlauncher] (LXDE official launcher, gtk2; [https://wiki.lxde.org/en/images/5/5c/LXlauncher.png screenshot])
* [https://github.com/ikeydoherty/columbiad columbiad] (minimal gtk3 fullscreen launcher; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2toCoeoqoag video demo]; merged into aports)
* [https://github.com/ikeydoherty/columbiad columbiad] (minimal gtk3 fullscreen launcher; [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2toCoeoqoag video demo]; merged into aports)
* [https://github.com/o-marshmallow/PocketCHIP-pocket-home] (PocketCHIP Launcher; currently not in aports)
* [https://github.com/o-marshmallow/PocketCHIP-pocket-home PocketCHIP-pocket-home] (PocketCHIP Launcher; currently not in aports)


== Qt ==
== Qt ==
* [https://github.com/alamminsalo/qml-launcher qml-launcher] (qml, closes when an app is launched; [https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5585454/29671459-4659d418-88f2-11e7-8d0d-f03bc4f51023.png screenshot])
* [https://github.com/alamminsalo/qml-launcher qml-launcher] (qml, closes when an app is launched; [https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/5585454/29671459-4659d418-88f2-11e7-8d0d-f03bc4f51023.png screenshot])
* [https://gitlab.com/cubocore/corestuff] (QT, A very light weight luncher. Can be use with a WM. And as an alternative to existing shells like KDE And Gnome for a touch based experience.; [https://youtu.be/_I8wjw5FYMc CoreStuff running in postmarketOS in Nexus 5x])
* [https://gitlab.com/cubocore/corestuff CoreStuff] (QT, A very light weight luncher. Can be use with a WM. And as an alternative to existing shells like KDE And Gnome for a touch based experience.; [https://youtu.be/_I8wjw5FYMc CoreStuff running in postmarketOS in Nexus 5x])


== Others ==
== Others ==

Revision as of 06:54, 27 January 2020

While Linux mobile shells are still in a very early stage, touch-optimized app launchers can significantly improve the overall user experience on touchscreen devices while using less memory than a full shell. Some of these close automatically each time an app is launched, so associating them with a particular hardware key on the mobile device might work.

There are several simple Linux launchers available, columbiad is the only one officially packaged:

GTK

Qt

Others

  • XLunch: Graphical app launcher for X, using pure Xlib and Imlib2, therefore very light and needing only few dependencies (needs entries to be created manually; closes when an app is launched; screenshot)