{"id":4942,"date":"2015-05-04T18:21:27","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T18:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=4942"},"modified":"2015-05-04T18:21:27","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T18:21:27","slug":"install-circular-app-launcher-gnome-pie-0-6-2-via-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2015\/05\/install-circular-app-launcher-gnome-pie-0-6-2-via-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Circular App Launcher Gnome-Pie 0.6.2 via PPA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gnome-pie.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gnome-pie.png\" alt=\"gnome-pie\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gnome-pie.png 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gnome-pie-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gnome-Pie, a circular application launcher, has reached version 0.6.x recently with exciting new features and important fixes.<\/p>\n<p>Gnome-Pie is a visual app launcher which opens rings with user defined actions at the pointer. It is inspired by OPie, a World of Warcraft addon.<\/p>\n<p>The project has reached the 0.6.x series with some exciting new features, such as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>support half and quarter pies, allow to select bast pie shape automatically.<\/li>\n<li>allow to define max number of slices per pie.<\/li>\n<li>new theme, new app icon.<\/li>\n<li>new setttings menu layout<\/li>\n<li>Client Side Decorations (Gtk.HeaderBar and Gtk.StackSwitcher) support. Need to start the app via: <code>gnome-pie --stack-switcher<\/code> or <code>gnome-pie --header-bar<\/code><\/li>\n<li>A new Pie group to show all windows of current workspace.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>An old bug sometimes makes Gnome-Pie hang up and use 100% CPU has been fixed in the most recent release.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/half-pie1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/half-pie1-450x264.jpg\" alt=\"half-pie1\" width=\"450\" height=\"264\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/half-pie1-450x264.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/half-pie1-600x352.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/half-pie1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/quarter-pie1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/quarter-pie1-450x227.jpg\" alt=\"quarter-pie1\" width=\"450\" height=\"227\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/quarter-pie1-450x227.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/quarter-pie1-600x303.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/quarter-pie1.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/pie-settings.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/pie-settings-450x316.jpg\" alt=\"pie-settings\" width=\"450\" height=\"316\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4948\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/pie-settings-450x316.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/pie-settings-600x422.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/pie-settings.jpg 831w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Install or Upgrade Gnome-Pie in Ubuntu:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 14.10, Ubuntu 15.04 and derivatives, the latest packages are available in the <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~simonschneegans\/+archive\/ubuntu\/testing\" target=\"_blank\">developer&#8217;s PPA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Open terminal from the Dash\/Menu (or press Ctrl+Alt+T). When it opens, run command to add the PPA:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:simonschneegans\/testing<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gnome-pie-ppa.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gnome-pie-ppa-450x75.jpg\" alt=\"gnome-pie-ppa\" width=\"450\" height=\"75\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gnome-pie-ppa-450x75.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gnome-pie-ppa-600x100.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gnome-pie-ppa.jpg 743w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> After adding the PPA, launch <b>Software Updater<\/b> (or <b>Updater Manager<\/b>). If you have an previous version installed, Gnome-Pie should be available for upgrade in the list.<\/p>\n<p><b>3.<\/b> Or you can directly install the app from Ubuntu Software Center after checking for updates via step 2.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gnome-Pie, a circular application launcher, has reached version 0.6.x recently with exciting new features and important fixes. Gnome-Pie is a visual app launcher which opens rings with user defined actions at the pointer. It is inspired by OPie, a World of Warcraft addon. 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