Under OS X one of the tools I couldn’t live without is Quicksliver. If your making the switch to Linux there is a comparable app called Katapult that works in much the same way. It is designed for KDE but doesn’t seem to have trouble running under Gnome and others as well.
If your on Ubuntu or another Debian based distro you can install with:
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sudo apt-get install katapult |
Ubuntu seems to be shaping up as the go-to distro for running Linux on the desktop. This is a great link outlining how to create screencasts on your Ubuntu desktop using OS tools.