Install Gnome Pie on Ubuntu, Beautiful Circle-Shaped Application Launcher
There are many launcher available on Linux, such as Unity Launcher, Plank, Docky and others. Besides launcher-launcher that is often heard, do you already know about Gnome Pie?
Gnome Pie is a launcher an application that has a circular appearance, which is made with the concept Pie where every Pie have Slice in the form of applications that can be arranged.
Every Pie existing and created on launcher This application, can be opened anywhere with a keyboard combination (shortcuts) certain that can be set.
Gnome Pie as a whole has a different concept to launcher generally good with launcher available on Windows, Mac and even Linux operating systems. This is because Gnome Pie implements well a concept known as “Fitts’ Law”.
Fitts’ Law is a concept about human-computer interaction, which estimates how long it takes a user to press a button on a computer. keyboard or move mouse.
Besides being used to open applications, Gnome Pie can also be used to open apps folders or a specific directory that can be opened using shortcuts.
Unlike launcher others that require the users to remember at least the first word/letter of the app to open it,
By using Gnome Pie users only need to remember shortcuts and the location of the application icon that you want to open, each Pie has a shortcutseach of which can be arranged. For example, Pie Bookmarks which default use shortcuts CTRL+ALT+B.
Install Gnome Pie on Ubuntu and its Derivatives
If you are using Ubuntu, you can install Gnome Pie on your device using a PPA repositories, which allows you to update it when the latest version of Gnome Pie is available.
Open Terminal on your Ubuntu by pressing the keyboard combination (CTRL+ALT+T) or open Terminal via the application menu. Then enter the following command in Terminal to add repository from Gnome Pie:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:simonschneegans/testing
Then do updates to update the list repository and application by using the following command in Terminal:
sudo apt-get update
After the update process is complete, install Gnome Pie on your device using the following command:
sudo apt-get install gnome-pie
Wait for the Gnome Pie installation process to finish and make sure it’s not there error.
After the installation process is complete, you will see an indicator on the panel or menu bar your desktop. Then press the keyboard combination CTRL+ALT+A to open an existing Pie instance by default, press the keyboard combination CTRL + ALT + B to open Pie Bookmarks and so on for others.
All keyboard combinations (shortcuts) can be changed from the Gnome Pie Preferences which you can access via indicator icon on menu bar the.
