#Launcher

R.L. Dane :Debian: :OpenBSD: 🍵 :MiraLovesYou:rl_dane@polymaths.social
2025-07-13
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2025-07-06

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2025-07-03

Last month Apple previewed a bunch of new features coming to Spotlight that could make third-party apps like Raycast less useful on Macs. So maybe it's not surprising that Raycast has launched a new beta for Windows. notebookcheck.net/One-of-the-b #Raycast #Launcher #RaycastForWindows #macOS #Spotlight

skuaskua
2025-06-30

Got a ~AUD$100 from China.
The Google /start screen it arrived with was ghastly.
is pretty much un-usable.
Effectively no search for apps.
Would not let Firefox install.
Didn't like scrolling down. 💩

Installed (EDIT: ❌️❌️❌️❌️) from their website.
Installed launcher from Aptoide. And Firefox. (And Kodi but that looks like a lot of work to get set up. What is a PVR anyway?)

And from GitHub. And VLC. And .

Usable now.

MereCivilianmcn@social.lol
2025-06-25

I got access to @raycast Windows Beta 😊

So far so good. It is beta but it still is very much Raycast.

I have a couple of invites if you are interested:

raycast.com/windows/c30f55ae

raycast.com/windows/400665f4

#launcher #windows

Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-06-25

@tron yes, and in essence all it needs is to be a more convenient version if @tails_live / @tails / #Tails with like @nextcloud / #Nextcloud integration for seamless sync (with like an encrypted /home for caching and convenience...

Maybe add #Dayon as convenient #RemoteDesktop solution and a basic #AutoUpdater (& Terminal) to it.

2025-06-17

Why did CD Project Red develop a new additional launcher?

It does feel super odd to launch Cyberpunk 2077 from Gog just to get a CD Project Red launcher forcing me to press once more.

Did they somehow sell gog to another company or why do they use 2 launchers?

#CdProjectRed #Cyberpunk2077 #GameLauncher #PcGaming #Launcher #Gaming

Stefan Laser🗜️stefanlaser@social.tchncs.de
2025-06-17

How to slowly but surely log-off. I have been using a custom #launcher on #Android, Pro Launcher, which inserts a little break (and wants a confirmation) every time you open a social media app. This, and family life in a European summer 🌞.

𝕏xParasKCDx𝕏paraskcd
2025-06-08

Bringing back to Android
A full made with , yep a powered by
Unlike other launchers, you can pretty much make your own launcher, I did fork the project available in my Github Repo - github.com/paraskcd1315/bridge
And the influential angular project is available as well in github
github.com/paraskcd1315/Influe
It's like @akamatchstic 's but for android and doesn't even require or

𝕏xParasKCDx𝕏paraskcd.com@bsky.brid.gy
2025-06-08

Bringing back #Influential to Android, UI design by @korfi.bsky.social A full #homescreen made with #Angular, yep a #WebBased #Launcher powered by #BridgeLauncher . . . . Unlike other launchers, you can pretty much make your own launcher.

2025-06-07

I'm quite happy with #e_os 3 on my Samsung Galaxy S6 Lite tablet by now, everything appears to work quite well - but I do have a single issue that I'd like fix: I need a nice #foss pixel #launcher. I can't find one, so I use #novalauncher for now. It is quite nice, relatively good privacy rating, but hiding apps requires paid version. I dislike #blisslauncher, first of all because of the ios imagination, but also: illogical, no settings.

Wishes:

* Open source
* Icons on home screen, app drawer and optionally app search
* Rotation support
* Ability to hide apps
* Easy of use

As you can see on my screenshot I do like fossify apps, but the launcher fails supporting rotation. The android version is 14, so openlauncher (which I currently use on my phone) is not an option. I tried about 10 different launchers at this point, and found none of them really usable, so there is room for improvement here. unless you know the perfect launcher for me, and it not available in #fdroid ...

A screenshot of an android (/e/OS) tablet launcher, landscape mode, custom photo background with some flowers and green, blurred background, a digital clock widget on top and large app icons.
2025-06-03

Anna ilmi suosikki-launcherisi* Androidille.
Kriteeri: kevyt, akkuasyömätön. Alusta: ihan perus-Android 13 / FP4.**
Nyt on Nova Laucher, mutta jotenkin vähän nääh.

* Tälle lienee suomenkielinen termi, senkin saa ilmiantaa.
** Joo, joo, e/os, mutten nyt jaksa.

#launcher #android

2025-05-17

@macdatti

Das lässt sich mit einem #launcher wie dem hervorragenden #nova wunderbar ändern.

#klassegemacht

2025-05-15

More thoughts on alfred…

@pbinderup

I agree that raycast does have a fresh coat of paint that feels contemporary. Also, credit where due, they have done a great job of incorporating “the most useful thing” from a bunch of adjacently useful apps to alfred, like hyperkey, notes etc. As a result, I also feel like they lowered the activation threshold for a utility to start feeling useful. There’s a bit of product voodoo there that I really appreciate.

So, I can see them really increasing the addressable size of the market for the Spotlight++ market. That said, for my taste, they are betting on the AI market more than I thought when I’d rather the launcher be this super resource friendly platform, which to me is where alfred shines, despite a slightly dated look.

p.s. idk if it will help you, but I updated the look with SF Pro text and some minor changes to spacing and it is already starting to look more modern to my eye.

Thanks for engaging.

#alfred #launcher #raycast

Freedome Farmersfreedomefarmers
2025-05-02
Kevin Karhan :verified:kkarhan@infosec.space
2025-04-22

I think the #LightPhone3 is better than a shitty "#ProducedEwaste" #Android 8.1 brick from China but I don't consider it worth the premium asked [U$D 799 MSRP, U$D 599 preorder] for it.

I think people can get a better experience buying a #degoogled #Fairphone with #eOS and just put #RelaunchX as an #eInk-optimized #launcher on it and have a better option.

  • But I guess given #ForProfitHealthcare in the #USA is expensive I can see why a lot of people would rather buy such a device and sell their old one than seek therapy if they are susceptible to shitty patterns that #developers harness to maximize #screentime and #revenue.

Can't have #doomscrolling or #microtransactions if it doesn't support #NSAbook's #apps or shitty #PayToLoose #games...

What I do have to say is that #MKBHD acknowledges that he isn't the target audience and "that's fine"...

  • I just think that requiring people to sign up to some account just to be able to add/remove #Apps is a major #nope in my book.

I stayed off #GooglePlay for longer than it's being called like that and their "#lightOS" is most likely some tightly locked-down Android...

  • It's just an insultingly high pricetag for < $200 internals and the best feature they have isn't even the phone but offering a "no frills" plan which seems okay (by #USA standards!) but still...

I think people would be more accepting if it was a $299 or even $399 device, but at a price of a @monocles #phone whilst being way less versatile it's just not worth it.

  • Cuz it's not even a super "secure" device or offers something like a "concierge service" where the device price is artifically high to filter out average #WageWorkers without much disposable income...
Arcticons ❄️arcticons@fosstodon.org
2025-04-11

Question for Poco phone users:
Does the default launcher support icon packs, or do you have to install a third-party launcher?

#pocophone #poco #iconpack #launcher

alephoto85 :endeavourOS: :netbsd: :freebsd: :xmpp:alephoto85@fedi.bobadin.icu
2025-04-08

Anyone know of a #minimal #Android #launcher similar to #OLauncher or #OLauncherCF that has the ability to group apps into folders?

I have quite a few games now that it'd be nice to have them grouped together somehow...

#FOSS

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