Software:Mutter

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Short description: GNOME window manager and display server
Mutter
Developer(s)GNOME Project
Initial releaseApril 2011; 13 years ago (2011-04)
Repositorygitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter
Written inC
Operating systemUnix-like
Size40.2 kB (amd64 .deb package)[1]
Type
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later[2]
Websitemutter.gnome.org

Mutter is a window manager initially designed and implemented for the X Window System, but then evolved to be a Wayland compositor. It became the default window manager in GNOME 3, replacing Metacity[3] which used GTK for rendering.

Window management

Mutter uses a graphics library called Clutter giving it OpenGL capability. Mutter is a portmanteau of Metacity and Clutter. Mutter can function as a standalone window manager for GNOME-like desktops, and serves as the primary window manager for the GNOME Shell,[4] which is an integral part of GNOME 3. Mutter is extensible with plug-ins, and supports numerous visual effects. GNOME Shell is written as a plug-in to Mutter.

Release history

Support for HiDPI was added to version 3.13 of Mutter by Adel Gadllah.[5]

In version 3.13.2 logind integration replaced mutter-launch.[6]

In version 3.13.3 (June 24, 2014) the server side bits of wl_touch_interface were implemented by Carlos Garnacho.[7][8][9][10]

Forks

Muffin

Muffin is a fork of Mutter by the Linux Mint team for their Cinnamon desktop environment. Cinnamon's shell, a fork of GNOME Shell, is written as a plugin for Muffin.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Debian Mutter Package in sid". https://packages.debian.org/sid/mutter. 
  2. ↑ "COPYING · master · GNOME / mutter". https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/blob/master/COPYING. 
  3. ↑ Vervloesem, Koen (2009-08-04). "Mutter: a window manager for GNOME 3". LWN.net. https://lwn.net/Articles/344734/. 
  4. ↑ Kissling, Kristian (2009-07-08). "Mutter: Window Manager in GNOME's Future". Linux Magazine. http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Mutter-Window-Manager-in-GNOME-s-Future. 
  5. ↑ Adel Gadllah (2014-05-03). "wayland: Add basic hidpi support". https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/commit/31c925c60293c3d72da533db0780e796e170. 
  6. ↑ Florian Müllner (2014-05-27). "mutter 3.13.2". https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ftp-release-list/2014-May/msg00123.html. 
  7. ↑ Carlos Garnacho (2014-06-04). "wayland: Implement the server side bits of wl_touch_interface". https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/commit/2250865eb61f3110914e09cd50010f8e695c1aeb. 
  8. ↑ Florian Müllner (2014-06-24). "mutter 3.13.3". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list).
  9. ↑ "Bug 724442 – Touchscreen does not work". https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=724442. 
  10. ↑ Florian Müllner (2014-07-23). "mutter 3.13.4". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list).
  11. ↑ Lefebvre, Clement (23 January 2012). "Cinnamon 1.2 released". cinnamon.linuxmint.com. http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=119. 

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