Launchpad functionality in Windows: JumpPad is a tiny portable tool, which provides the Launchpad like functionality in Windows. You can get all start menu items and programs from your desktop by just moving your mouse pointer to top left hand corner of the screen.
.JumpPad is quite simple to use and no installation needed. Just run the JumpPad. Exe file it will list all items on start menu. To activate it, move your mouse pointer to top left hand corner of the desktop.
From the option menu, you can change the desktop position, icon size and add custom folders to the launcher. Download it here [via – jkwebtalks] Launchpad functionality in Ubuntu: If you are an Ubuntu user, you can use Slingshot to bring the Lanchpad functionality. It is a Launchpad style application launcher, which can be used with the Unity Launcher to quickly locate and run applications.
You can install Slingshot by entering the following commands in terminal: Then you need to create a Unity launcher using the following command in the Terminal. Write in following into this file (change the last line Icon=path/to/your/icon): Now, open up nautilus file browser and navigate to /usr/share/applications/, drag and drop the slingshot shortcut icon onto Launcher. [via – ubuntuguide]
