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KWin is a window manager for the X Window System and a Wayland compositor. [2] [3] It is released as a part of KDE Plasma, for which it is the default window manager. KWin can also be used on its own or with other desktop environments. KWin can be configured by scripting using QML or QtScript, both of which are based on ECMAScript. [4]
GNOME Display Manager (GDM) is a display manager (a graphical login manager) for the windowing systems X11 and Wayland. The X Window System by default uses the XDM display manager. However, resolving XDM configuration issues typically involves editing a configuration file .
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".
Pop OS (stylized as Pop!_OS) is a free and open-source Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu, and featuring a customized GNOME desktop environment known as COSMIC.The distribution is developed by American Linux computer manufacturer System76.
Mir is a computer display server and, recently, a Wayland compositor for the Linux operating system that is under development by Canonical Ltd. It was planned to replace the currently used X Window System for Ubuntu; [3] [4] [5] however, the plan changed and Mutter was adopted as part of GNOME Shell.
GNOME Software is a utility for installing applications and updates on Linux.It is part of the GNOME Core Applications, and was introduced in GNOME 3.10. [3]It is the GNOME front-end to the PackageKit, in turn a front-end to several package management systems, which include systems based on both RPM and DEB.
Following several attempts to extend GNOME 3 so that it would suit the Linux Mint design goals through "Mint GNOME Shell Extensions", the Linux Mint team eventually forked several GNOME 3 components to build an independent desktop environment. This separation from GNOME was finished with the release of Cinnamon 2.0.0 on October 9, 2013.
GNOME Files, formerly and internally known as Nautilus, is the official file manager for the GNOME desktop. GNOME Files, same as Nautilus, is a free and open-source software under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License .