Visor (OS X) and Tilda (Linux)
I’ve been using visor on OS X for a while now, and decided to add it and a linux analog to the SoftwareGoodies page.
They are both a drop down console application that allow you to press some key sequence to “activate” a terminal. I’ve found that since I typically have multiple
virtual desktops in use, it’s quicker to access one of these drop down terminals than key over to a desktop containing terminal(s). Granted most folks have multiple monitors anymore
so it’s less an issue in that case, but even then I’ve found the drop down terminal notion extremely useful. Have a quick grep you want to run ? ctrl+space (in my config) and grep away.
Very handy for those quick situations.