Add additional functionality to a GNOME desktop with these great GNOME extensions. This roundup showcases 42 cool GNOME extensions.
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Category: Desktop
14 Best Free and Open Source Stacking Wayland Compositors
This article focuses on stacking Wayland compositors. Only free and open source software is included in this article.
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croissant – stacking Wayland compositor
croissant is a stacking Wayland compositor that’s written in the C programming language.
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Jay – Wayland compositor
Jay is a Wayland compositor which offers an i3 look and feel.
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Miriway – Mir based Wayland compositor
Miriway is a starting point for creating a Wayland based desktop environment using Mir.
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stagen – wlroots-based wayland compositor
stagen is a simple experimental wlroots-based wayland compositor.
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Mahogany – tiling window manager for Wayland
Mahogany is a tiling window manager for Wayland modeled after StumpWM.
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Hopalong – simple Wayland compositor
Hopalong is a simple Wayland compositor with a feature set that’s comparable to XFWM.
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wlmaker – Wayland compositor inspired by Window Maker
wlmaker is a Wayland compositor inspired by Window Maker, an X11 window manager originally designed to integrate with GNUstep.
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niri – scrollable-tiling Wayland compositor
Niri is heavily inspired by PaperWM which implements scrollable tiling on top of GNOME Shell.
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Woodland – wlroots-based window-stacking compositor for Wayland
Woodland is a minimal Wayland compositor based on wlroots and inspired by Wayfire and TinyWl.
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19 Useful Free and Open Source PDF Manipulation Tools
We recommend the best free and open source PDF manipulation tools offering some genuinely useful software.
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NsCDE – Not so Common Desktop Environment
NsCDE is a modern and functional CDE desktop based on the FVWM window manager.
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Magpie – X11 window manager and compositor library
Magpie is a soft-fork of GNOME’s Mutter.
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Moksha – modern iteration of the Enlightenment window manager
Moksha is an advanced window manager for X11 based on Enlightenment DR17.
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Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Apple Mission Control
Apple Mission Control offers a bird’s-eye view of all your open windows, desktop spaces, and apps.
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LCARS Desktop Environment – desktop experience reminiscent of a LCARS interface
LCARS Desktop Environment, official project name lcarsde, is a desktop environment that mimics the LCARS interface from Star Trek: The Next Generation
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Collector – drag and drop to the next level
Collector is software that lets you drag multiple files and folders on to a Collection window. It’s an alternative to Dropover for macOS.
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11 Best Free and Open Source Linux Docks
To provide an insight into the quality of software that is available, we have compiled a list of 11 docks that genuinely add to the desktop experience.
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12 Best Free and Open Source GUI-Based Calendar Software
You don’t need a proprietary hosted solution for your calendar needs. There are open source projects offering a perfect fit.
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