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  2. GNOME 2 - Wikipedia

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    GNOME 2 was released on June 26, 2002 at the Linux Symposium in Ottawa. [8] Starting with GNOME 2.4, a timed release cadence was adopted, which called for a new version to be released roughly every six months. This effectively resulted in new stable GNOME versions being released every September and March of any given year.

  3. Comparison of X window managers - Wikipedia

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    Metacity (GNOME 2) Compositing: C, C++ (GTK+) ... Tabbed windows Themeable See also. Free and open-source software portal; Comparison of X Window System desktop ...

  4. GNOME - Wikipedia

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    GNOME 2 was released in June 2002 [59] [60] and was very similar to a conventional desktop interface, featuring a simple desktop in which users could interact with virtual objects such as windows, icons, and files. GNOME 2 started out with Sawfish as its default window manager, but later switched to Metacity in GNOME 2.2.

  5. Metacity - Wikipedia

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    Metacity / m ə ˈ t æ s ɪ t i / [2] was the default window manager used by the GNOME 2 desktop environment [3] [4] until it was replaced by Mutter in GNOME 3. [5] It is still used by GNOME Flashback, a session for GNOME 3 that provides a similar user experience to the Gnome 2.x series sessions.

  6. Mutter (software) - Wikipedia

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    Mutter 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.

  7. Desktop environment - Wikipedia

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    The MATE desktop environment, a fork of GNOME 2, is comparable to Xfce in its use of RAM and processor cycles, but is often considered more as an alternative to other lightweight desktop environments. For a while, GNOME and KDE enjoyed the status of the most popular Linux desktop environments; later, other desktop environments grew in popularity.

  8. Client-side decoration - Wikipedia

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    Example of an application that uses Client-Side Decoration to draw its own window controls. (GtkHeaderBar widget on GNOME Files, 2014-01). Client-side decoration (CSD) is the concept of allowing a graphical application software to be responsible for drawing its own window decorations, historically the responsibility of the window manager.

  9. List of GTK applications - Wikipedia

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    The GNOME Project, i.e. all the people involved with the development of the GNOME desktop environment, is the biggest contributor to GTK, and the GNOME Core Applications as well as the GNOME Games employ the newest GUI widgets from the cutting-edge version of GTK and demonstrates their capabilities.