As you may know, Mutate is an open-source Linux Launcher developed in Qt 5, similar to Mac’s Alfred. Among others, it allows the users to easily search for their favorite files and applications. If the string you type does not match any file, it has an option for searching that information on Google or other search engine. Also, the launcher can be configured via the preferences menu.
The latest version available is Mutate 2.4, which has been recently released, coming with the below changes:
- Fixed issue where Python scripts wouldn’t run on systems with
- Python 3 installed as default
- Added Google Chrome bookmarks script
- Added script that shows running processes with top
- Fixed bug where temporary files weren’t removed when killed
- Meta key can now be assigned as part of the keyboard shortcut
- Added quit command
- Minor user interface improvements
For usage instructions, see the project’s github.
Installation instructions:
Up to date packages are available via some third party PPA, so installing the software on Ubuntu 15.10 Wily Werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, Linux Mint 17.x, Elementary OS 0.3 Freya and other Ubuntu derivative systems is easy.
Just add the PPA to your system, update the local repository index and install the mutate package:
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/apps
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install mutate
Optional, to remove mutate, do:
$ sudo apt-get remove mutate