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With the release of GNOME 3.2, shell extensions as a feature, similar to the "applet" of GNOME 2, was added. Such extensions allow developers the ability to add modular, separately-versioned customizations to the desktop environment, without having to integrate code directly into the mainline GNOME codebase.
Sabayon Linux uses the latest version of GNOME Shell. openSUSE's GNOME edition has used GNOME Shell since version 12.1 in November 2011. [30] Mageia 2 and later include GNOME Shell, since May 2012. [31] Debian 8 and later features GNOME Shell in the default desktop, since April 2015. [32] [33] Solaris 11.4 replaced GNOME 2 with GNOME Shell in ...
GNOME Shell – the desktop graphical GUI shell introduced with GNOME version 3.0; Cinnamon fork of the GNOME Shell; GNOME Panel and forks – applications launcher; Maynard, a shell for Weston by Collabora originally for the Raspberry Pi; Budgie is a distro-agnostic desktop environment
The results of this effort were known as the "Mint GNOME Shell Extensions" or MGSE. Meanwhile, the MATE desktop environment had also been forked from GNOME 2. Linux Mint 12, released in November 2011, subsequently included both, thereby giving users a choice of either GNOME 3 with the MGSE or a MATE desktop that closely resembled GNOME 2. [3] [4]
GNOME Panel served as Fallback Mode until GNOME 3.8 when Mutter could not be executed, [111] then it was replaced with a suite of officially supported GNOME Shell extensions named GNOME Classic. [112] Now it is part of GNOME Flashback, an official session for GNOME 3 which provides a user experience similar to GNOME 2. [113]
This desktop environment would be written in Rust and developed to be similar to GNOME. System76 cites limitations with GNOME extensions, as well as disagreements with GNOME developers on the desktop experience, as reasons to build a new desktop environment. [7] The first alpha release, branded as "Epoch," released on August 8, 2024. [5]
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.
Perberos, an Argentine user of Arch Linux, started the MATE project [8] to fork and continue GNOME 2 in response to the negative reception of GNOME 3, which had replaced its traditional taskbar (GNOME Panel) with GNOME Shell. MATE aims to maintain and continue the latest GNOME 2 code base, frameworks, and core applications. [9] [10] [11]