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Mutter
Developer(s)The GNOME Project
Initial releaseApril 2011; 14 years ago (2011-04)
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemLinux, FreeBSD
Size40.2 kB (amd64 .deb package)[1]
Type
LicenseGPLv2+[2]
Websitedownload.gnome.org/sources/mutter/

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 'M'etacity and Cl'utter'. 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.

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]

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.

References

  1. ^ "Debian Mutter Package in sid". Debian Packages.
  2. ^ "COPYING · master · GNOME / mutter". GNOME GitLab.
  3. ^ Vervloesem, Koen (2009-08-04). "Mutter: a window manager for GNOME 3". LWN.net. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  4. ^ Kissling, Kristian (2009-07-08). "Mutter: Window Manager in GNOME's Future". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  5. ^ Adel Gadllah (2014-05-03). "wayland: Add basic hidpi support". Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  6. ^ Florian Müllner (2014-05-27). "mutter 3.13.2". {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |mailing-list= ignored (help)
  7. ^ Carlos Garnacho (2014-06-04). "wayland: Implement the server side bits of wl_touch_interface".
  8. ^ Florian Müllner (2014-06-24). "mutter 3.13.3". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list).
  9. ^ "Bug 724442 - Touchscreen does not work".
  10. ^ Florian Müllner (2014-07-23). "mutter 3.13.4". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list).

Further reading

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