Unity Launcher Folders For Linux

Unity Launcher Folders is a free software project that aims to deliver a special tool for Ubuntu’s Unity user interface, which allows users to easily create drawers and organize all of their applications, files, folders, links, shell scripts and even Google Chrome web apps into custom folders. The software allows users to create as many drawers as they want.

Key features include support for the latest stable version of the Ubuntu Linux operating system (version 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) at the moment of writing this review), support for dragging and dropping folders and open them with the Nautilus or Nemo file managers, support for dragging links from the Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox web browsers.

The Unity Launcher Folders software is capable of handling multiple file types at the same time, including desktop applications, shell scripts, web apps, files, folders and links, as well as to automatically generate icons based on the contents of the drawer. Another interesting feature is the ability to drag items directly from the Unity Dash.

The application includes a tool called Launcher Folder Editor, which can be used to created the drawers that appear on the Unity Launcher bar. Then, you can customize these folders, by changing the size of the icons and font, the item width and the drawer type, as well as to add more launcher or run and edit shell scripts. Watch the demo video for more details about how this utility works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hlvl0OaMtH0.

Apparently, Unity Launcher Folders is not an open source application, as a sources archive is not available for download on the project’s website, but only a universal DEB file that can be used on virtually any Ubuntu Linux version that runs the Unity desktop environment, supporting both 32-bit and 64-bit instruction set architectures.