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Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by andrepd »

unhammer wrote: post #17

There are quite a few of these Quicksilver-clones these days: * Ulauncher http://ulauncher.io/ * Albert https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert#albert- * Synapse https://launchpad.net/synapse-project * Kupfer https://kupferlauncher.github.io/ * Zazu http://zazuapp.org/ * M-x counsel-linux-app http://oremacs.com/2016/03/16/counsel-linux-app/ I've tried a couple, but I always end up back to Alt+F2 in XFCE, since most…

I use synapse. It's lightning fast and does the job. I can't do without it! I'm going to test a few of those alternatives as well, thanks!

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by [deleted] »

wmccullough wrote: post #139
mememachine wrote: post #133

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I actually find comments like yours far more obnoxious than level-headed criticism. This communities purpose is not to be a marketing team for whoever wants to post here. Criticism is much more edifying than blind support.

The problem I see in this community is that much of the time, many aren't providing criticism. If it were only criticism, I'd even agree. The truth is that the so called "criticism" is really armchair quarterbacking most of the time.

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Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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myfonj wrote: post #114

Related: For fast filesystem search on Windows (NTFS) I cannot recommend enough Everything [0]. Instant search through all drives. This app really shines. Under 1 Mb install size, blazing fast interface (can be bound to global hotkey), command line interface, optional HTTP interface, small memory footprint (depends on the size of indices). Really, if you haven't seen it, check it out. It basically connects to the NTF…

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Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by [deleted] »

wmccullough wrote: post #139
mememachine wrote: post #133

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I actually find comments like yours far more obnoxious than level-headed criticism. This communities purpose is not to be a marketing team for whoever wants to post here. Criticism is much more edifying than blind support.

The problem I see in this community is that much of the time, many aren't providing criticism. If it were only criticism, I'd even agree. The truth is that the so called "criticism" is really armchair quarterbacking most of the time.

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Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by nkg »

unhammer wrote: post #17

There are quite a few of these Quicksilver-clones these days: * Ulauncher http://ulauncher.io/ * Albert https://github.com/albertlauncher/albert#albert- * Synapse https://launchpad.net/synapse-project * Kupfer https://kupferlauncher.github.io/ * Zazu http://zazuapp.org/ * M-x counsel-linux-app http://oremacs.com/2016/03/16/counsel-linux-app/ I've tried a couple, but I always end up back to Alt+F2 in XFCE, since most…

Anyone remembers that Firefox extension ? I can't remember its name but it also had about the same funcitonalities.

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by 0xCMP »

Mithaldu wrote: post #137
0xCMP wrote: post #134

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How ironic is it that if the OP, and those supporting them, had spent some time and not taken the easy route they could have rewritten their entire idea in a constructive way which would have not set off the shit storm occurring on this post...

They could've said it nicer, but i don't think there's a constructive way to say "either rewrite it without electron or start whittling down the electron code-base to remove all the stuff your app doesn't use".

Not true, they could express that very idea and give their reason behind it. Plenty of people agree and use things from Suckless on Arch. Others simply prefer native experiences.

The fact is that it's harder to explain that constructively, but that's kind of ironic coming from people saying the Developer took the easy way out.

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by Mithaldu »

0xCMP wrote: post #146
Mithaldu wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They could've said it nicer, but i don't think there's a constructive way to say "either rewrite it without electron or start whittling down the electron code-base to remove all the stuff your app doesn't use".

Not true, they could express that very idea and give their reason behind it. Plenty of people agree and use things from Suckless on Arch. Others simply prefer native experiences. The fact is that it's harder to explain that constructively, but that's kind of ironic coming from people saying the Developer took the easy way out.

The only useful feedback here is "throw it away and start from scratch without chrome". This is however not "constructive feedback". And wrapping it in any layer of nice words won't change its core nature of not being constructive.

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by kbar13 »

pikzen wrote: post #93
aeze wrote: post #89

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Good thing it's open source, so you can attempt to improve it if you'd like. :)

rm -rf ~/cerebro-electron && mkdir ~/cerebro && touch main.cpp is a valid option, right?

you're so edgy it's actually insane. i want you to reply to this message with your age.

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by otterpro »

myfonj wrote: post #114

Related: For fast filesystem search on Windows (NTFS) I cannot recommend enough Everything [0]. Instant search through all drives. This app really shines. Under 1 Mb install size, blazing fast interface (can be bound to global hotkey), command line interface, optional HTTP interface, small memory footprint (depends on the size of indices). Really, if you haven't seen it, check it out. It basically connects to the NTF…

Wow, this is really nice. It takes literally a second (or two) to index EVERYTHING. I'd use this as an alternative to Win10's Cortana/search.

Re: Cerebro App – Open-source productivity booster with a brain

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Post by otterpro »

amcrouch wrote: post #116

I used Launchy for years but then when setting up my last day to day laptop switched to Wox ( http://www.getwox.com/ ) after trying Hain. It was too limited at that point. On Linux, I use Super (Windows) key to use the inbuilt launcher which meets all my requirements. If Windows had anywhere near this level of usefulness in its start menu I wouldn't need the third party Wox.

Wox looks like a front-end to Everything (https://www.voidtools.com/), but with really nice UI and also plugins, etc. It looks nice.
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