MenuLibre 2.0.7 and 2.1.0 Released

MenuLibre 2.0.7 and 2.1.0 Released

Ubuntu Feature Freeze is always exciting. New stable (2.0.7) and development (2.1.0) versions of MenuLibre are now available. Several bugs have been fixed, and the new development release begins to show a modern spin on the UI.

What’s New?

MenuLibre 2.0.7 is a bugfix release, and 2.1.0 builds on top of that release with several improvements.

2.0.7

  • Disable running as the root user. This has caused many issues and often led to corrupt menus. No more!
  • Fix installation under C locale (LP: #1460472)
  • Support psutil 3.0.1 (LP: #1474484)
  • Use string values for GtkEntry (LP: #1430613)
  • Support launcher subdirectories (LP: #1313682)

2.1.0

  • Updated artwork, courtesy of Simon Steinbeiß
  • Refactored several components to improve code quality and maintainability
  • Exit with Ctrl+Q
  • New widgets: GtkApplicationWindow, GtkHeaderbar, GtkStackSwitcher
  • Improved Name and Comment entry
  • Improved Executable and Working Directory entry
  • Improved theme integration with Adwaita and elementary
  • Removed deprecated widgets and properties (Gtk 3.14)
  • Removed intermediate icon selection

Screenshots

MenuLibre 2.1.0 when run as root

MenuLibre 2.1.0 in Xubuntu

MenuLibre 2.1.0 with better text entry

MenuLibre 2.1.0 with quicker icon selection

Searching in MenuLibre 2.1.0

Adwaita GTK theme with MenuLibre 2.1.0

Downloads

The latest version of MenuLibre can be downloaded from Launchpad. 2.0.7 can be found in Debian unstable. Ubuntu 15.10 “Wily Werewolf” users can install MenuLibre 2.1.0 from the repositories:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install menulibre