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• Can a Rust binary use incompatible versions of the same library?
  2 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 18 Aug 2024

  This isn’t a magic bullet. Using multiple versions of the same crate can still blow up your project.

  For example, the compiler error in this example:

  note: perhaps two different versions of crate `smithay_client_toolkit` are being used?

  https://github.com/pop-os/launcher/issues/237

• Distro hopping from Pop_OS to Fedora
  2 projects | /r/Fedora | 19 Apr 2023

  That's why in Gnome, you need a shell extension instead of an app. Shell extensions are written specifically for Gnome, and the documentation sucks, so immediately you have way fewer options. BUT, guess what: PoP OS launcher is a Gnome shell extension (which is why it worked for you), and you can use that in any distro using Gnome, including Fedora. However, it is that it's part of pop-shell, so you also get the other UI customizations (mostly keyboard shortcuts for tiling that you can disable I think). It also requires setting up the back-end service to handle the non-ui side. Maybe there are Fedora packages for it that makes it easier (I don't use Fedora myself, so wouldn't know).

• Is it possible to re-arrange and/or prioritize results in the launcher? Searching for Steam doesn't bring up Steam as a top eight result - just things that have Steam in the description.
  2 projects | /r/pop_os | 12 Apr 2023

  I might take a look at that. Is this the right repo?

• If the Pop Launcher could do anything, what would you want it to do?
  5 projects | /r/pop_os | 20 Feb 2023

  Just to be clear, you are talking about the Pop Launcher and not the Cosmic Applications Launcher, correct? (since there may be some confusion around what the "Pop Launcher" is vs. the "Cosmic Applications Launcher" ... see https://imgur.com/a/XN34drv for images)

• The Rust Implementation Of GNU Coreutils Is Becoming Remarkably Robust
  11 projects | /r/linux | 10 Feb 2023

  pop-launcher

• Is it possible to make the launcher that appears when you press the super key not be used to focus on already opened apps? I only use the launcher to start an app, or to do calculations, and never to switch what app is in focus. Is there a way to disable this feature?
  1 project | /r/pop_os | 7 Feb 2023

  This feature has been merged but not yet released: https://github.com/pop-os/launcher/issues/152

• I have been trying to install the pop launcher on fedora but I keep getting this error. What do I do?
  1 project | /r/Fedora | 6 Feb 2023

  Pop launcher github: https://github.com/pop-os/launcher

• Some updates coming to Pop Launcher
  4 projects | /r/pop_os | 19 Jan 2023

  You can open any website in your default browser using the "www" pattern, e.g. "www reddit.com" (note, no "." after the "www") github

• Things I learned using gnome and fedora
  2 projects | /r/Fedora | 13 Dec 2022

  You can get pop-shell and pop-launcher in fedora.

• Pop launcher doesn't list Steam in results - games on steam are prioritized instead
  1 project | /r/pop_os | 8 Dec 2022

  The last improvement was feat(service): prefer recently/often used applications in search which may have caused this.

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