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Mutter the default window manager in GNOME 3. It was initially designed and implemented for the X Window System, but then evolved to be a Wayland compositor.

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How do I move child windows without moving or minimizing parent in GNOME 3?

I have Ubuntu 17.10 with GNOME 3. What happens: I have (for example) LibreOffice Calc open, with some data columns in it. I highlight the columns I want to chart, then I select INSERT > CHART. The chart child window dialog pops up on top of my…
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How can I snap a window in a corner with 18.04?

Super + left/right snaps windows to fit half the screen. I'd like to be able to snap four windows in all corners. CompizConfig Settings Manager doesn't seem to be an option since 18.04 uses the GNOME desktop.
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How To Disable the "Window not responding" Dialog

When debugging UI programs, I see frequently the "Wait or force quit" Dialog. This is super annoying, since this dialog blocks basically everything. The whole graphical system is not usable anymore until I select one of the options. I would like to…
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Is there a settings manager available for Mutter?

Is there a GUI settings manager for Mutter? Something where I can adjust the window shadow size, or the hot corners, or opacity, etc...
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Mouse cursor disappears after using touch screen; Ubuntu 22.04

Reddit Post When I'm using the touch screen on my laptop, the mouse cursor disappears as expected. But then, when I switch back to the touch pad the cursor remains invisible while selecting objects until I hover over the dock or top bar. This only…
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Remove Decoration of single window in Gnome 3

How can decoration for a single window be removed using a bash or third party program in gnome 3?
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How to maximize or make fullscreen a window across dual monitors?

Is there any way to do this in GNOME desktop environment?
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How does Mutter differ to Compiz in terms of its resource consumption?

I was using gnome-shell and I forgot I wasn't using Compiz. I didn't pay all that much attention to my battery life as I think I was plugged in. Has anyone taken notice of the resource consumption of the two rendering methods?
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move window to corner and RESIZE in gnome shell

in Unity with the CTRL-ALT-KeyPad_7 keybinding I can move a window to the top-left corner and it is automatically resized to a quarter of my desktop size. In gnome-shell, in dconf, I found the relevant option for…
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Set Maximum Size for Maximized Windows

Is there a way to set the maximum allowed size for maximized windows? Let me explain, I wish that the maximized windows do not cover the entire desktop, but I can set a margin or area to leave a part of the desktop visible. For example: I found a…
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Mutter: Global menu integration

Is it possible to have Mutter merge the title bar of maximized windows and the panel, like happens with Compiz and Metacity? I want to try to replace Metacity with Mutter in Unity 2D, and so far it looks good appart from the missing panel…
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How do I use Mutter with GNOME Shell?

I'm new to the whole GNOME Shell. I recently installed it, and I read somewhere a while ago that Compiz is completely broken with GNOME Shell so I have to use Mutter instead. I have no idea where to start though; I sifted through Google and couldn't…
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How to modify Gnome-Shell animations?

I use docky in Gnome-Shell and it's annoying that when I minimise a window, it goes up to the top left corner. I know mutter isn't that customisable but is it possible to get a minimise effect similar to that of Cinnamon, here the window just…
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No login screen/Stuck at Ubuntu logo in 18.04

My system stuck at ubuntu logo while booting. To resolve it, I've set nomodeset. But now it occurs a resolution issue to 1024x768. Here are the necessary information: lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 vga 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel…
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How to open gnome-terminal in a nested mutter(wayland) window

Following these instructions I succeeded in opening a new empty window and verified that a new wayland socket had appeared: $ ls -alt /run/user/1000 ... -rw------- 1 craig craig 120 Oct 31 13:54 .mutter-Xwaylandauth.RN8CT0 srwxrwxr-x 1 craig craig…
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