GNOME Shell

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GNOME Shell
Repository
Written inJavascript and C[1]
Available inEnglish
LicenseGNU General Public License
Websitehttp://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell

GNOME Shell is a component of GNOME 3.0, the next generation of the GNOME Desktop Environment scheduled for release in April 2011. GNOME shell replaces GNOME Panel[2] and controls the management of the desktop and breaks from the desktop model used in previous versions of GNOME. GNOME shell uses compositing and is integrated with Mutter, a compositing window manager for X11. Mutter is the next generation of the Metacity window manager which uses the Clutter toolkit for compositing.

gnome-shell is set up as a Mutter plugin that is largely written in Javascript....

— Owen Taylor,[3] maintainer of GNOME Shell[4]

Controversy

GNOME Shell has received some controversy in the free software community because the planned tight integration with Mutter will mean that users of GNOME Shell will not be able to switch to an alternative window manager without breaking their desktop. In particular, users will not be able to use Compiz while GNOME Shell is running.[5] Discussion between the developers of Compiz and GNOME have failed to resolve the issue. However, it will still be possible for users to run the old GNOME Panel instead of the GNOME Shell with any window manager they choose, although GNOME Panel will not receive further development.

On October 25, 2010, Mark Shuttleworth announced that future versions of the Ubuntu operating system would use their own Unity Desktop instead of GNOME Shell.[6]

References

  1. ^ "GNOME Shell is written in C and Javascript". Retrieved 2010-12-19.
  2. ^ Apoorva Sharma (2010-03-23). "Why does Gnome-shell replace the current gnome-panel".
  3. ^ Owen Taylor (2009-03-23). "Metacity, Mutter, GNOME Shell, GNOME-2.28". gnome-shell is set up as a Mutter plugin that is largely written in Javascript {{cite web}}: line feed character in |quote= at position 69 (help)
  4. ^ Paul Cutler (2009-07-01). "Behind the Scenes with Owen Taylor".
  5. ^ Owen Taylor (2009-03-24). "Re: Metacity, Mutter, GNOME Shell, GNOME-2.28".
  6. ^ Joe Brockmeier (2010-10-25). "Ubuntu moves away from GNOME". Network World.

External links

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