Meet Simple Menu, an Alternative Application Launcher for KDE Plasma 5 Desktops | Linux Today

Meet Simple Menu, an Alternative Application Launcher for KDE Plasma 5 Desktops

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Marius Nestor
Jun 15, 2017

Simple Menu hit the KDE Store recently, and it would appear to be an intuitive and minimal application launcher widget that can easily replace the default one of your KDE Plasma 5 desktops. It’s interface resemblance the look and feel of the fullscreen Application Dashboard, giving users easier access to their favorite apps. Apart from its application grid and filtering capabilities, Simple Menu lets users search installed apps, provides support for favorite apps, as well as basic system actions like log out, restart, or shutdown. However, it only works on KDE Plasma 5.9 or higher versions of the popular desktop environment.

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Marius Nestor

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