A window manager is computer software that controls the placement and appearance of window within a windowing system in a graphical user interface.... for the X Window System
X Window System
The X Window System is a computing software system and network protocol that provides a graphical user interface for networked computers. It implements the X Window System protocols and architecture and provides windowing system on raster graphics Visual display units and manages Keyboard and pointing device control functions.... . It was developed by Owen Taylor and is released under the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft.... . It was used to test experimental compositing
Compositing
Compositing is the combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene.... features for the window manager Metacity
Metacity
Metacity is a compositing window manager used by default in the GNOME desktop environment. The development of Metacity was started by Havoc Pennington and it is released under the GNU General Public License.... . , Compiz
Compiz
Compiz is one of the first compositing window managers for the X Window System that uses 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management.... and Metacity carry most of these features.
A window manager is computer software that controls the placement and appearance of window within a windowing system in a graphical user interface.... for the X Window System
X Window System
The X Window System is a computing software system and network protocol that provides a graphical user interface for networked computers. It implements the X Window System protocols and architecture and provides windowing system on raster graphics Visual display units and manages Keyboard and pointing device control functions.... . It was developed by Owen Taylor and is released under the GNU General Public License
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License is a widely used free software license, originally written by Richard Stallman for the GNU project. The GPL is the most popular and well-known example of the type of strong copyleft license that requires derived works to be available under the same copyleft.... . It was used to test experimental compositing
Compositing
Compositing is the combining of visual elements from separate sources into single images, often to create the illusion that all those elements are parts of the same scene.... features for the window manager Metacity
Metacity
Metacity is a compositing window manager used by default in the GNOME desktop environment. The development of Metacity was started by Havoc Pennington and it is released under the GNU General Public License.... . , Compiz
Compiz
Compiz is one of the first compositing window managers for the X Window System that uses 3D graphics hardware to create fast compositing desktop effects for window management.... and Metacity carry most of these features.
External links
Fedora Core Wiki page - explains what happened to Luminocity
