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[4] which used GTK for rendering. "Mutter" is a combination of "Metacity" and "Clutter".
| Developer(s) | GNOME Project |
|---|---|
| Initial release | April 2011 |
| Stable release | 47.1[1] 
/ 19 October 2024 |
| Repository | gitlab |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Size | 40.2 kB (amd64 .deb package)[2] |
| Type | |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later[3] |
| Website | mutter |
Window management
editMutter can function as a standalone window manager for GNOME-like desktops, and serves as the primary window manager for the GNOME Shell,[5] 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
editForks
editMuffin
editMuffin 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.[12]
References
edit- ^ "47.1".
- ^ "Debian Mutter Package in sid". Debian Packages.
- ^ "COPYING · master · GNOME / mutter". GNOME GitLab. Archived from the original on 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Adel Gadllah (2014-05-03). "wayland: Add basic hidpi support". Retrieved 2014-05-03.
- ^ Florian Müllner (2014-05-27). "mutter 3.13.2". mail.gnome.org.
- ^ Carlos Garnacho (2014-06-04). "wayland: Implement the server side bits of wl_touch_interface".
- ^ Florian Müllner (2014-06-24). "mutter 3.13.3". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list).
- ^ "Bug 724442 – Touchscreen does not work". bugzilla.gnome.org.
- ^ Florian Müllner (2014-07-23). "mutter 3.13.4". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list).
- ^ Lefebvre, Clement (23 January 2012). "Cinnamon 1.2 released". cinnamon.linuxmint.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012.
Further reading
edit- 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.