Featured Linux Download: Add screen actions with Brightside
Linux only: Open-source app Brightside adds reactivity to the corners and edges of your screen (in Gnome) so you can execute commands using only the mouse.
Brightside brings to Linux a combination of the functionality of Mac OS X apps, VirtueDesktops and Active Screen Corners. Almost exactly the way Active Screen Corners allows you to attach custom commands to your mouse gestures in Mac OS X, Brightside brings this awesome feature to Linux.
Softpedia does an excellent job detailing Brightside’s functionality:
Brightside provides ‘edge flipping’ to allow you to switch to the adjacent workspace simply by pressing your mouse against the edge of the screen. Brightside also allows you to assign configurable actions to occur while you rest the mouse in a corner of the screen.
Ubuntu users can download Brightside out of the repositories with the following command:
sudo apt-get install brightside
Debian users can grab a Debian version, and all other distros can head to Softpedia to get a generic version of Brightside (a free download). — Kyle Pott
Brightside Debian versions [Debian.org]Brightside generic version [Softpedia]
