Mutter (software)

<h2 id="window-management">Window management</h2>
<p>Mutter can function as a standalone window manager for GNOME-like desktops, and serves as the primary window manager for the <a href="/facts/GNOME_Shell/NfkRU7yS">GNOME Shell</a>,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> which is an integral part of <a href="/facts/GNOME_3/EFMNBmpR">GNOME 3</a>. Mutter is extensible with <a href="/facts/Plug-in_(computing)/351Du3Wu">plug-ins</a>, and supports numerous visual effects. <a href="/facts/GNOME_Shell/NfkRU7yS">GNOME Shell</a> is written as a plug-in to Mutter.
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<h2 id="release-history">Release history</h2>
<ul><li>Support for <a href="/facts/HiDPI/0UbaSzsw">HiDPI</a> was added to version 3.13 of Mutter by Adel Gadllah.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a></li></ul>
<ul><li>In version 3.13.2 <a href="/facts/Logind/zls5HoVh">logind</a> integration replaced mutter-launch.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a></li></ul>
<ul><li>In version 3.13.3 (June 24, 2014) the server side bits of wl_touch_interface were implemented by Carlos Garnacho.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></li></ul>
<h2 id="forks">Forks</h2>
<h3>Muffin</h3>
<p>Muffin is a fork of Mutter by the <a href="/facts/Linux_Mint/PDwNIUfT">Linux Mint</a> team for their <a href="/facts/Cinnamon_(desktop_environment)/Rgl6NCMC">Cinnamon desktop environment</a>. Cinnamon's shell, a fork of GNOME Shell, is written as a plugin for Muffin.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a>
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<h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2>
<ul><li>Tilley, Sean (6 August 2017). <a href="https://medium.com/@deadsuperhero/the-price-of-freedom-a-review-of-the-librem-15-v3-901035cec575">"The Price of Freedom — A Review of the Librem 15 v3"</a>. <i><a href="/facts/Medium_(website)/nPx52GLT">Medium</a></i>.</li>
<li>Stieben, Danny (22 July 2013). <a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/gnome-based-desktop-environments-explained-mate-vs-gnome-shell-vs-unity-vs-cinnamon/">"Gnome-Based Desktop Environments Explained: MATE vs. Gnome Shell vs. Unity vs. Cinnamon"</a>. <i>makeuseof.com</i>.</li></ul>
<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://download.gnome.org/sources/mutter/">Mutter tarballs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://download.gnome.org/sources/mutter-wayland/">mutter-wayland tarballs</a></li>
<li><a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/">GNOME git: Mutter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Mutter/Gestures">GNOME Wiki: Mutter Gestures</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Vervloesem, Koen (2009-08-04). "Mutter: a window manager for GNOME 3". LWN.net. Retrieved 2011-12-27. <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/344734/" target="_blank">https://lwn.net/Articles/344734/</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Kissling, Kristian (2009-07-08). "Mutter: Window Manager in GNOME's Future". Linux Magazine. Retrieved 2011-12-27. <a href="http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Mutter-Window-Manager-in-GNOME-s-Future" target="_blank">http://www.linuxpromagazine.com/Online/News/Mutter-Window-Manager-in-GNOME-s-Future</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>Adel Gadllah (2014-05-03). "wayland: Add basic hidpi support". Retrieved 2014-05-03. <a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/commit/31c925c60293c3d72da533db0780e796e170" target="_blank">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/commit/31c925c60293c3d72da533db0780e796e170</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>Florian Müllner (2014-05-27). "mutter 3.13.2". mail.gnome.org. <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ftp-release-list/2014-May/msg00123.html" target="_blank">https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ftp-release-list/2014-May/msg00123.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:5"><p>Carlos Garnacho (2014-06-04). "wayland: Implement the server side bits of wl_touch_interface". <a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/commit/2250865eb61f3110914e09cd50010f8e695c1aeb" target="_blank">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/commit/2250865eb61f3110914e09cd50010f8e695c1aeb</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:6"><p>Florian Müllner (2014-06-24). "mutter 3.13.3". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list). <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ftp-release-list/2014-June/msg00082.html" target="_blank">https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ftp-release-list/2014-June/msg00082.html</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:7"><p>"Bug 724442 – Touchscreen does not work". bugzilla.gnome.org. <a href="https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=724442" target="_blank">https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=724442</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:8"><p>Florian Müllner (2014-07-23). "mutter 3.13.4". ftp-release-list@gnome.org (Mailing list). <a href="https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ftp-release-list/2014-July/msg00088.html" target="_blank">https://mail.gnome.org/archives/ftp-release-list/2014-July/msg00088.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:9"><p>Lefebvre, Clement (23 January 2012). "Cinnamon 1.2 released". cinnamon.linuxmint.com. Archived from the original on 1 November 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121101211537/http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=119" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20121101211537/http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=119</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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