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maniat1k
Asked: 2011-12-02 00:06:02 +0800 CST

Is it possible to have the same effect of the ALT F2 like Gnome Shell

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I was trying Gnome Shell (in openSuse) and found out that when I do the old ALT + F2 and the old execute command is now a small black space to complete... I want that on Lubuntu.

Somebody know how to do that?

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  1. Best Answer

    There are many standalone launchers. I think lxde comes with a Alt+F2 run command. If you would like to have a look in something else, there are:

    gmrun

    grun

    bashrun

    If you want something more than just a run dialog, have a look at

    gnome-do

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    kupfer

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  2. Lubuntu uses LXDE, which is a different desktop environment than Gnome. However, anything that can be installed in Ubuntu can be installed in Lubuntu, and Ubuntu now uses Gnome 3 by default.

    In other words; it is not possible to get the same Alt+F2 dialog in LXDE as you have in Gnome Shell, but it is possible to install Gnome Shell and use it in Lubuntu, as long as you are using Lubuntu 11.10.

    First, install Gnome Shell. It is likely to require a little time to download since it has requirements not shared with LXDE. When it's finished installing, you can choose Gnome from the session menu before you log in.

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