Software 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 which used GTK for rendering.
| Developer(s) | GNOME Project |
|---|---|
| Initial release | April 2011 |
| Stable release | 46.1  / 19 April 2024 |
| Repository | gitlab |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Size | 40.2 kB (amd64 .deb package) |
| Type | |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | mutter |
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, 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.
- In version 3.13.2 logind integration replaced mutter-launch.
- In version 3.13.3 (June 24, 2014) the server side bits of
wl_touch_interfacewere implemented by Carlos Garnacho.
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.
References
Further reading
- Tilley, Sean (6 August 2017). "The Price of Freedom — A Review of the Librem 15 v3". Medium.
- Stieben, Danny (22 July 2013). "Gnome-Based Desktop Environments Explained: MATE vs. Gnome Shell vs. Unity vs. Cinnamon". makeuseof.com.
External links
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