mutter vs lxqt

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Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter (by GNOME)

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Checkout all LXQt components at once by using git submodule. Discussions, Wiki and general issues are here. (by lxqt)

Linux desktop-environment lxqt

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mutter		lxqt
	Project
12	Mentions	40
192	Stars	1,581
1.6%	Growth	1.6%
9.9	Activity	3.5
6 days ago	Latest Commit	19 days ago
C	Language	Shell
GNU General Public License v3.0 only	License	-

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mutter

Posts with mentions or reviews of mutter. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-10.

Weird graphics / Gnome window resizing problem
1 project | /r/EndeavourOS | 9 Nov 2022

Kewl. I guess the bug report should go to https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter
I want VRR (freesync), therefore : how to install mutter-VRR for Ubuntu Gnome Wayland ?
1 project | /r/gnome | 9 Oct 2022

Regarding Ubuntu Gnome Wayland, I heard that there is the possibility to get VRR working with mutter-vrr (and gnome-control-center-VRR ?) https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter
Compositor
1 project | /r/pop_os | 28 Sep 2022
Would love to be able to use keyboard shortcut on this menu
1 project | /r/gnome | 23 May 2022

You should create an issue in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter for this.
Dvorak keyboard with Qwerty shortcuts on Wayland
2 projects | /r/gnome | 10 May 2022

As a result I'm studying the wayland architecture (I like gnome so the compositor would be Mutter) so that I can figure out how to either make a hack or make something legitimate. This is proving time consuming.
Found this gem on the Fedora wiki. Look at the Nvidia entry
1 project | /r/Fedora | 3 Apr 2022

Hmm.. I'm not sure about the negativo drivers, but if you need EGLstreams working it seems like there are a few build options for mutter you can use? https://github.com/GNOME/mutter/blob/main/meson_options.txt
GNOME 42 release notes
4 projects | /r/gnome | 23 Mar 2022

pkgname=mutter pkgver=42.0 pkgrel=0.1 pkgdesc="A window manager for GNOME" url="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter" arch=(x86_64) license=(GPL) depends=(dconf gobject-introspection-runtime gsettings-desktop-schemas libcanberra startup-notification zenity libsm gnome-desktop upower libxkbcommon-x11 gnome-settings-daemon libgudev libinput pipewire xorg-xwayland graphene libxkbfile libsysprof-capture) makedepends=(git gobject-introspection egl-wayland meson xorg-server wayland-protocols sysprof) checkdepends=(xorg-server-xvfb wireplumber python-dbusmock) provides=(libmutter-10.so) groups=(gnome) _commit=9249aba72a5c4454894c08735a4963ca1665e34d # tag/42.00 source=( "git+https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter.git#commit=$_commit" "https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/1441.patch" ) sha256sums=('SKIP' 'SKIP')
Does Pop OS 21.10 use a compositor?
1 project | /r/pop_os | 8 Feb 2022

Mutter
River: A dynamic tiling Wayland compositor
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 15 Jan 2022

Wayland is a protocol - not an implementation. It tries to minify latency by merging together some of the components X11 had and tries to do this in a slim and faster way.
The implementation of the protocol may differ, but I know for example MUTTER (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter)
This article has nice and not too complex visualisations: https://www.secjuice.com/wayland-vs-xorg/
LWQt Wayland DE 2nd Demo
5 projects | /r/LXQt | 12 Jan 2022

Stock Mutter - in contrast to this fork of it - would not work either.

lxqt

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Is it possible to add this feature?
1 project | /r/LXQt | 7 May 2023

You are probably using Openbox as a window manager which does not provide this feature.. Replace Openbox with Xfwm4 (window manager of Xfce) or Kwin (window manager of KDE Plasma). See: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigWindowManagers
Problem with maximized window with two or more displays
1 project | /r/LXQt | 16 Apr 2023

I don't know your issue as I can't quite picture what you're describing sorry, but it does remind me of some issues with openbox (eg. https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/issues/1704). Swapping out openbox as the WM will resolve the issue.
Release 1.3.0 · lxqt/lxqt
1 project | /r/LinuxUserSpace | 15 Apr 2023
Why do popular distros treat any of their "KDE Editions" or flavours as second class citizens?
1 project | /r/linux | 17 Feb 2023

Yes, but also it relays on KDE, at least a little bit.
Does anyone think wayland will actually be the future?
2 projects | /r/linux | 13 Dec 2022
Replacing xscreensaver lock with xsecurelock?
1 project | /r/Lubuntu | 5 Nov 2022

I found this LXQt wiki page, ConfigScreensavers, so I tried the provided suggestions:
lxqt and screen locking
1 project | /r/LXQt | 5 Nov 2022

Configuring lock_command should work. See more on https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/ConfigScreensavers.
It is posible compile the latest version of LXQt for Debian 11?
1 project | /r/debian | 18 Oct 2022

Here's all you need to know and do to build from source: https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/wiki/Building-from-source
How can you run Wayland on LXQt ?
4 projects | /r/LXQt | 5 Sep 2022
With rise of wayland, are simpler window managers dying?
14 projects | /r/linux | 26 Aug 2022

LXQt: I think they are working on it but not sure how far along they have gotten https://github.com/lxqt/lxqt/issues/10

What are some alternatives?

When comparing mutter and lxqt you can also consider the following projects:

sway - i3-compatible Wayland compositor

docklike-plugin - A Dock-like Taskbar Plugin for XFCE

gnome-shell - Read-only mirror of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-shell

wayfire - A modular and extensible wayland compositor

labwc - A Wayland window-stacking compositor

polybar-themes - A huge collection of polybar themes with different styles, colors and variants.

gnome-unstable

imgui - Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies

lwqt-session - The LXQt session manager

dash-to-panel - An icon taskbar for the Gnome Shell. This extension moves the dash into the gnome main panel so that the application launchers and system tray are combined into a single panel, similar to that found in KDE Plasma and Windows 7+. A separate dock is no longer needed for easy access to running and favorited applications.

lwqt-pcmanfm - File manager and desktop icon manager (Qt port of PCManFM and libfm)

arewewaylandyet - Sources for https://arewewaylandyet.com