Mangonel

[size=6]Mangonel, a simple application launcher for KDE4.[/size]Mangonel is intended as a light weight replacement for the, in my view bloated and slow, standard KRunner. Sadly you can't actually get rid of KRunner because it's also responsible for your screensaver and power-management.
[size=6]Mangonel currently lets you do these things.[/size]

Start applications in the KDE menu.

Opening files and directories with their default application.

Execute shell commands, including arguments.

Use it as a calculator.

The default global shortcut to show Mangonel is `CTR+ALT+Space`, you can change this in the KDE4 system settings.

Mangonel came to be because I started to really mis Katapult. I loved Katapult for its simplicity and speed. Those are two points I really can't find in KRunner.


[size=6]Get mangonel.[/size]Download the latest source from github: https://github.com/tarmack/Mangonel/archives/master
Glone the git repository: git://github.com/tarmack/Mangonel.git
For Ubuntu users there is a PPA available at https://launchpad.net/~tarmack/+archive/ppa-tarmack.

--Version 0.1.3-- (3 Jan 2011)
* Dropped dependencies to Qt4.5 and KDE 4.3.
* Released Ubuntu builds in a PPA at https://launchpad.net/~tarmack/+archive/ppa-tarmack.

--Version 0.1.2-- (3 Jan 2011)
Soon Mangonel will be available in an ubuntu PPA.
Changes:
* Added a configuration dialog. The global shortcut is now configurable from inside Mangonel.
* Mangonel is now able to process composed characters.
* A bunch of small improvements.
This update registers the gobal shortcut under the name Mangonel with a capital M, this breaks the old config, you'll have to reregister your shortcut.