Comments on: Mutter integration: the story so far http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/31/mutter-integration-the-story-so-far/ "Many window managers are like Marshmallow Froot Loops; Metacity is like Cheerios." Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:22:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: charlie http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/31/mutter-integration-the-story-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-967 charlie Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:12:23 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/?p=560#comment-967 Hey, now that you are talking about window managers, I have a question, can one use different gnome sessions to use different window managers in gnome? I mean something like the profile manager in Firefox. Some times I'd like to use FVWM but with the Gnome Desktop Environment, or say a session with just the things needed to get to work, and an eye candy session to show off to friends, all with the same user. Is there a way to do this? Hey, now that you are talking about window managers, I have a question, can one use different gnome sessions to use different window managers in gnome? I mean something like the profile manager in Firefox. Some times I’d like to use FVWM but with the Gnome Desktop Environment, or say a session with just the things needed to get to work, and an eye candy session to show off to friends, all with the same user.

Is there a way to do this?

]]> By: Screwtape http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/31/mutter-integration-the-story-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-958 Screwtape Tue, 31 Mar 2009 07:49:44 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/?p=560#comment-958 I definitely think Mutter and Metacity should stay as close as possible - if that means adding a Clutter-based compositing mode to Metacity, or even just replacing the existing compositor entirely, that's probably worth doing. If it's really impossible to have a window-manager that can function standalone as well as inside GNOME Shell (even by adding EWMH extensions or other scriptability to the window-manager), well, then that's rather a shame. As for Compiz being the defacto standard window manager, although it's enabled by default in Ubuntu 8.10 (if you have as strong enough graphics card), I think that pre-dates there being a stable GNOME release with Metacity's new compositor available. I really like having the subtle graphical polish that a compositor allows without having to deal with the ridiculous complexity of the compiz configuration and attendant instability. I definitely think Mutter and Metacity should stay as close as possible – if that means adding a Clutter-based compositing mode to Metacity, or even just replacing the existing compositor entirely, that’s probably worth doing. If it’s really impossible to have a window-manager that can function standalone as well as inside GNOME Shell (even by adding EWMH extensions or other scriptability to the window-manager), well, then that’s rather a shame.

As for Compiz being the defacto standard window manager, although it’s enabled by default in Ubuntu 8.10 (if you have as strong enough graphics card), I think that pre-dates there being a stable GNOME release with Metacity’s new compositor available. I really like having the subtle graphical polish that a compositor allows without having to deal with the ridiculous complexity of the compiz configuration and attendant instability.

]]> By: Michael Schurter http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/2009/03/31/mutter-integration-the-story-so-far/comment-page-1/#comment-956 Michael Schurter Tue, 31 Mar 2009 02:21:43 +0000 http://blogs.gnome.org/metacity/?p=560#comment-956 I think a lot of the quieter Gnome users out there who just want to Get Things Done are like me: Whether on Windows or Ubuntu, the first thing I do is turn off most of the worthless eye candy. Whether its the default (Debian) or not (Ubuntu), I always use Metacity as my WM. :-) I think a lot of the quieter Gnome users out there who just want to Get Things Done are like me: Whether on Windows or Ubuntu, the first thing I do is turn off most of the worthless eye candy. Whether its the default (Debian) or not (Ubuntu), I always use Metacity as my WM. :-)

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