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I'm completely out of this scene for 2yrs... Is gnome3 built on compiz?

• keithpeter 15y ago
  Gnome 3 is a set of libraries that provide various functions on top of X. On top of Gnome 3, you need a graphical shell of some kind. Shells include: Gnome Shell uses mutter as its window manager and Unity (Ubuntu) which uses compiz as its window manager. If you want a standard Gnome desktop (e.g. Fedora 16) then you don't need compiz, but you will end up installing mutter. http://askubuntu.com/questions/87287/can-i-uninstall-compiz-if-only-using-gnome-shell http://askubuntu.com/questions/87287/can-i-uninstall-compiz-...
  • bkor 15y ago
    No, GNOME 3 includes GNOME shell. GNOME shell is not optional. FWIW, I'm a GNOME release team member.
    • keithpeter 15y ago
      OK, thanks for feedback, so a more correct way to answer this question would be... Gnome 3 is a set of libraries that provides a desktop environment including Gnome Shell, the default GUI supplied by Gnome that uses the mutter window manager. Fedora 16 live CD provides an example of a 'standard' Gnome 3/Gnome shell environment. {needs a sentence on indicators/notifications} Ubuntu 11.10 onwards are releasing a subset of the Gnome 3 packages with their own graphical shell called Unity, which uses the compiz windows manager. Unity packages also add a different indicator system for notifications. Gnome Shell and Gnome Shell Session can be installed on Ubuntu which provide the full Gnome environment as an alternative when logging in. Is that closer to the truth? I need some words to describe this accurately as I'm writing about this stuff. Any publicly accessible roadmap for Gnome Shell would help, I think everyone on this forum accepts that Gnome 3 and Unity are works in progress and I certainly look forward to future iterations.
    • gcb 15y ago
      For technical or political reasons?