Gnome Pie reaches 0.4!

Gnome Pie, the new , innovative circular menu reached version 0.4. Two important changes were made to the new version.
  • Gtk 3 port
Gtk3 port is an important step forward as most distributions have started shipping Gnome 3 or Unity. Hence the application looks more native in Unity and Gnome3. 
Gnome-Pie menu
According to the developer, “When configuring, Gnome-Pie automatically detects whether the GTK3 development files are installed. If so, it will use them..”.

  • New settings menu
Settings Menu
The new settings menu is a major overhaul when compared to its previous version. It was rewritten from scratch. Now, it offers editing the pies with preview; very intuitive.
Gnome Pie in action



Installation
There is a PPA with a recent version of Gnome-Pie. If you simply want to test it, it’s very easy to install:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:simonschneegans/testing

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnome-pie

Uninstall
If you want to remove gnome-pie and the ppa, type the following in an open terminal
sudo ppa-purge ppa:simonschneegans/testing

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