Mutter (software)

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Mutter
[[Programmer|DeveloperTemplate:Pluralize from text]]GNOME Project
Initial releaseApril 2011; 15 years ago (2011-04)
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Written inC
Operating systemUnix-like
Size40.2 kB (amd64 .deb package)[1]
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LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later[2]
Websitemutter.gnome.org
Repositorygitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter

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Mutter is a display server and window manager for the Wayland protocol ("compositor"). It is the default window manager for GNOME.

Mutter was initially a compositing window manager 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. The name "Mutter" is a combination of "Metacity" and "Clutter".

Window management

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 since version 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]
  • Support for X11 was disabled at compile-time in GNOME 49 and officially dropped with the X11 session code removed GNOME 50, rendering Mutter exclusively a Wayland compositor. GNOME 49 and later can still run most X11 apps on the Wayland session via XWayland.

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

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Debian Mutter Package in sid". Debian Packages.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."COPYING · master · GNOME / mutter". GNOME GitLab. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Vervloesem, Koen (2009-08-04). "Mutter: a window manager for GNOME 3". LWN.net. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Kissling, Kristian (2009-07-08). "Mutter: Window Manager in GNOME's Future". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 2011-12-27.
  5. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Adel Gadllah (2014-05-03). "wayland: Add basic hidpi support". Retrieved 2014-05-03.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Florian Müllner (2014-05-27). "mutter 3.13.2". mail.gnome.org.
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Carlos Garnacho (2014-06-04). "wayland: Implement the server side bits of wl_touch_interface".
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Florian Müllner (2014-06-24). "mutter 3.13.3". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list).
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Bug 724442 – Touchscreen does not work". bugzilla.gnome.org.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Florian Müllner (2014-07-23). "mutter 3.13.4". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list).
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lefebvre, Clement (23 January 2012). "Cinnamon 1.2 released". cinnamon.linuxmint.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012.

Further reading

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