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by niels_olson 5824 days ago
key question: does it work with compiz, or somehow support 3D?
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shekmalhen 5823 days ago
It uses mutter as its window manager, which is based on metacity and uses the clutter toolkit (hardware accelerated UI). It replaces compiz but seems to have much less eye candy. Remember, metacity is the WM for the grown up!

So gnome-shell will require a GPU (should work on the Intel GMA), but have the side effect of not working in virtual machines.

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jdub 5823 days ago
Excuse the jargon, but... gnome-shell is a plugin for mutter, which is a fork of metacity, built on top of Clutter (thus "mutter") for awesome 3D scene/animation support.

In fewer words: Yes, it has some 3Ds in it. ;-)

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