- What it is
A minimal, windows 95-esque application launcher… with fancy directory icons over binary name suggestions, mouse support (you can doubleclick a binary name to run it) and a real-time clock on the far right.
- Why
Nostalgia… and a (very likely) “futureproof” likeness (If both X11 and wayland gets ditched/replaced for whatever reason… this will still work as intended.). Also, due to how it works on both X11 and wayland regardless of whatever you have installed. Yes, distro hoppers – I heard your plea. :')
- Dependencies
Type “sudo apt install build-essential libsdl2-dev” if you are on Debian/ubuntu
- How to compile
After downloading and extracting the tarball,
make -j$(nproc)
It’ll create a “notwin95” binary.
Then run it with ./notwin95.
- How to install
Type “sudo cp notwin95 /usr/local/bin/.”.
- Commands
Arrow keys (up/down/left/right) or mouse left click to navigate between suggestions. Press enter (or mouse double left click) to run a binary. Press ESC to quit.
- Notes
I’ve tested this on a orange pi 5 max and the CPU usage was pretty much nil. So I’m sure all of you will have no problems/issues running it.
- License
This is under the “DO WHATEVER YOU WANT” license. Should be self-explanatory.
Upvoted because its neat, but the distribution needs work: you have a TAR file in the GZIP, not labeled as a TAR file, so it’s hard to tell at first what/how you’re supposed to access this.