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.
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| 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
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| 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
Looks good enough to give it a try out. I have been using Cinnamon on Ubuntu 11.10. I have already installed it, and assume I will need to log out and back in for it to take effect.
Nice! I like ur screenshot btw. 🙂