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Launching programs and actions with Gnome Do

Community Contributions

New plugins are released almost daily. Gnome Do 0.5 provides a community plugin category with plugins from a variety of contributors. New community contributions include Skype, Twitter, Flickr, and Google Calendar plugins, as well as a "WindowManager" plugin that lets you arrange windows on your desktop. Developers who enjoy working with Mono can also refer to the detailed documentation to help them implement their own ideas [5].

Infos

Gnome Do: http://do.davebsd.com/
Quicksilver: http://docs.blacktree.com/quicksilver/what_is_quicksilver
Installation: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GnomeDo/Installation
Gnome Do plugins: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GnomeDo/Plugins
Developing plugins: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/GnomeDo/BuildingPlugins

The Author

Christoph Langner works in test management for PTV in Karlsruhe, Germany, and has played an active role in the open source software community for many years.

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