Mutter (software)
This article may have been previously nominated for deletion: Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Mutter (software) exists. It is proposed that this article be deleted because of the following concern:
If you can address this concern by improving, copyediting, sourcing, renaming, or merging the page, please edit this page and do so. You may remove this message if you improve the article or otherwise object to deletion for any reason. Although not required, you are encouraged to explain why you object to the deletion, either in your edit summary or on the talk page. If this template is removed, do not replace it. This message has remained in place for seven days, so the article may be deleted without further notice. Find sources: "Mutter" software – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR Nominator: Please consider notifying the author/project: {{subst:proposed deletion notify|Mutter (software)|concern=Only press releases and passing mentions in sources and literature.}} ~~~~Timestamp: 20180912112313 11:23, 12 September 2018 (UTC) Administrators: delete |
| Developer(s) | The GNOME Project |
|---|---|
| Initial release | April 2011 |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux, FreeBSD |
| Size | 500 KiB[1] |
| Type | |
| License | GPLv2[2] |
| Website | download |
Mutter is a window manager initially designed and implemented for the X Window System, and recently has evolved to be a Wayland compositor. It became the default window manager in GNOME 3, replacing Metacity[3] which used GTK+ for rendering. 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 plugins and supports numerous visual effects. GNOME Shell is written as a plugin to Mutter.
Development
Adel Gadllah added support for HiDPI to version 3.13 of Mutter.[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]
Performance
 | Parts of this article (those related to Performance) need to be updated. (July 2016) |
OpenGL games run with a performance hit when using a compositing window manager; in June 2010, Phoronix evaluated this as similar for Mutter[11] and Compiz.[12]
Forks
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.
References
- ^ "Debian Mutter Package in sid".
- ^ COPYING
- ^ Vervloesem, Koen (2009-08-04). "Mutter: a window manager for GNOME 3". LWN.net. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- ^ Kissling, Kristian (2009-07-08). "Mutter: Window Manager in GNOME's Future". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
- ^ "wayland: Add basic hidpi support". 2014-05-03. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
- ^ "mutter 3.13.2 release notes". 2014-05-27.
- ^ "wayland: Implement the server side bits of wl_touch_interface". 2014-06-04.
- ^ "mutter 3.13.3 release notes". 2014-06-24.
- ^ "Bug 724442 - Touchscreen does not work".
- ^ "3.13.4".
- ^ Larabel, Michael (2010-06-21). "Mutter Can Cause A Gaming/OpenGL Performance Hit Too". Phoronix. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
- ^ Larabel, Michael (2010-05-21). "The Cost Of Running Compiz". Phoronix. Retrieved 2011-04-24.
External links
| Core Applications | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Extras |
| ||||||||||||||||
| Components |
| ||||||||||||||||
| Community | |||||||||||||||||
| People | |||||||||||||||||
