Mutter-Rounded – A window manager for Gnome, with rounded corners patch (opens in new tab)

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36 pointsmaydemir3y ago11 comments

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This is neat, but it's a massive shame the GNOME developers abandoned the idea of a proper extension API. Something this trivial should not be a Mutter patch. This should be something you can apply as a user and have working immediately, ideally without a compositor restart even.

It felt like death by a thousand papercuts staying on GNOME during the v40 transition/update/overhaul. Seeing stuff like this ultimately just bums me out, it ultimately amounts to the user fighting the developers which should not be a problem with an open source project!

circo3y ago

And even the updates between 40-41-42 killed some extensions, especially shell related exts/themes.

smoldesu3y ago

Especially incremental updates. It already blew my mind that they broke the API so frequently with GNOME 3, the fact that they're still abusing extension developers like that in 2022 is unfathomable.

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hactually3y ago

The thing with this is it's patching mutter, the window manager. Not shell which focuses on the extension stuff.

This is the equivalent of patching Quartz on MacOS to change behaviour.

smoldesu3y ago

That doesn't really matter, my point still stands: GNOME is responsible for developing Mutter, if it doesn't have an extension API then it's still their fault.

hactually3y ago

I really like this, lots of work.

The standardization on libadawaita feels like it'll help reduce the weird edge cases -- good looking future for Gnome

encryptluks23y ago

Is the point of rounded corners just cause? I don't see any benefit to them.

FastMonkey3y ago

I don't like them myself, but some people think it helps the edges of windows and buttons stand out better.

TingPing3y ago

What did you expect, its of course just aesthetic.

encryptluks23y ago

Fair enough.

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smoldesu3y ago

circo3y ago

And even the updates between 40-41-42 killed some extensions, especially shell related exts/themes.

smoldesu3y ago

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hactually3y ago

The thing with this is it's patching mutter, the window manager. Not shell which focuses on the extension stuff.

This is the equivalent of patching Quartz on MacOS to change behaviour.

smoldesu3y ago

That doesn't really matter, my point still stands: GNOME is responsible for developing Mutter, if it doesn't have an extension API then it's still their fault.

hactually3y ago

I really like this, lots of work.

The standardization on libadawaita feels like it'll help reduce the weird edge cases -- good looking future for Gnome

encryptluks23y ago

Is the point of rounded corners just cause? I don't see any benefit to them.

FastMonkey3y ago

I don't like them myself, but some people think it helps the edges of windows and buttons stand out better.

TingPing3y ago

What did you expect, its of course just aesthetic.

encryptluks23y ago

Fair enough.

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