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Main features
* Completely Free and Open Source
* Cross platform, runs on Windows, Linux and Mac
* Navigation through hard drive contents via dynamic popup menu
* System wide global hotkey for invoking menu right under mouse location (on Windows and Linux only)
* Configurable favourite locations for quick access
* Hide unwanted drives, folders or files by adding them to blacklist
* Plugin system
Features provided by Plugins
* Open With plugin: Choose your preferred applications
* Gmail Checker plugin: Shows unread items from your Gmail inbox
* Delicious plugin: Instant access your delicious.com bookmarks
* Twitter plugin: Twitter client for Hawkscope
* Execute plugin: Execute system commands
* Googlescope plugin: Google search integration
Install Hawkscope in Ubuntu
First you need to download .deb packages from here
wget http://hawkscope.googlecode.com/files/hawkscope_0.6.1-1_i386.deb
For 64-bit users
wget http://hawkscope.googlecode.com/files/hawkscope_0.6.1-1_amd64.deb
Install .deb packages using the following command
sudo dpkg -i hawkscope_0.6.1-1_i386.deb
Download hawkscope plugins from here
Using Hawkscope
You can open Hawkscope from Applications--->Accessories--->Hawkscope
Once it opens you should see similar to the following icon in your notification area from here you can access all your files and folders in one click
Hawkscope Settings screen
Hawkscope plugins screen