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	Metacity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The development of Metacity was started by Havoc Pennington and it is released under the GNU General Public License.
		Although Metacity is part of the GNOME project and designed to integrate into the GNOME desktop, it does not require GNOME to run, and GNOME can be used with different window managers provided that they support the part of the ICCCM specification that GNOME requires.
		Metacity, unlike the previous choices for GNOME window manager, has few configuration options and its introduction as the default choice was a controversial one.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Metacity (346 words)

	Metacity patches: window-placement options: random,cascade,center
		This patch for Metacity adds a few window-placement options that can be configured in the graphical gconf-editor or with the gconftool-2 command-line program.
		This skips Metacity's center/tile behavior and cascades new windows the upper-left corner of the current desktop.
		In my copious free time, I plan to fix the cascade mode so that the windows don't overlap as much and so that they start cascading from a position away from the upper-left corner (so desktop icons are not immediately covered by windows).
	home.uchicago.edu /~chad/metacity (379 words)

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		The Metacity developers have worked hard to minimize the complexity of their window manager, but in doing so, they have severely limited its usefulness and inflicted tremendous frustration on an increasingly dissatisfied group of marginalized power users.
		Metacity is significantly less useful than just about every other mainstream window manager in existence, and the developers are highly resistant to adding features that will only be used by a small portion of the user population.
		Several Metacity advocates commented that additional utilities like Brightside and Devil's Pie expand the functionality of Metacity, but even with those additional utilities, using Metacity severely compromises my efficiency, and there are more than a few other Sawfish curmudgeons that feel the same way.
	arstechnica.com /articles/columns/linux/linux-20060508.ars (877 words)

	Window Managers for X: Metacity
		Metacity is a lightweight window manager written by Havoc Pennington from Red Hat.
		In fact the intention is to remove the traditional separation between window manager and desktop, and present to the user a single desktop interface.
		This means that the limited configuration options available for Metacity are shown as desktop options, not as Metacity options (although there is an optional "Metacity-setup" panel which conflicts with this approach).
	xwinman.org /metacity.php (222 words)

	[Users] Sawfish vs. Metacity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Metacity has two major objective advantages over sawfish: it's more actively maintained, and it has a much better upgrade path.
		For the sake of contrast, metacity is rather actively maintained.
		Then there are more subjective reasons to use metacity better GNOME 2 support and simplicity.
	lists.ximian.com /pipermail/users/2003-June/010054.html (355 words)

	AIGLX, metacity, nvidia and Xgl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		During the first couple of months when I was experimenting with GL compositing on Xgl I had similar plans but after a few months I realized that starting from scratch and trying to reuse as much code as possible was the best idea.
		I'll continue to reuse metacity code in compiz as plugins and I'll have a look at libcm asap and consider the possibility of integrating it with compiz somehow.
		There seems to be a lot of people confused about this, so to clarify things, I also like to respond to this paragraph from the fedora aiglx page: "We've been working on the AIGLX code for a some time with the community, which is in direct contrast with the way that XGL was developed.
	lists.freedesktop.org /archives/xorg/2006-February/013306.html (946 words)

	FreshPorts -- x11-wm/metacity
		Metacity is a low-frills Window Manager, and is the default Window Manager of the GNOME 2 desktop.
		Add metacity 2.3.377, a window manager for the adult in you.
		Metacity is going to replace Sawfish in GNOME2 desktop.
	www.freshports.org /x11-wm/metacity (1388 words)

	Slashdot \| Sun Drops Sawfish for Metacity
		Metacity and Sawfish are two window managers for the GNOME desktop, and Sun has decided to use Metacity over Sawfish for GNOME 2.
		Choosing Metacity may be the right thing for Sun to do anyway, but the departure of even the main developer of Sawfish would not be sufficient reason.
		Metacity gives GNOME a chance to address one of its manageability flaws, the confilct between a desktop environment and the window manager.
	slashdot.org /articles/02/05/21/2018228.shtml?tid=131 (7027 words)

	» Metacity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Mirage Metacity is a mod of Murrine Metacity for the new Mirage Gtk Engine by Daniel Borgmann.
		Here are 3 gtk themes and 8 metacity themes I made to go with heylove’s Simple Plan winamp (xmms/bmp) skin.
		I suggest using the metacity that is included with Envy and Twilight because of color differences.
	gnomethemes.org /?cat=3 (687 words)

	GNOME Support Forums :: View topic - 6nome-great gtk2!..but its' metacity is not working
		When having problems with Metacity themes, you can use the metacity-theme-viewer program to validate them (it will show you errors when the file/format is invalid).
		Same thing with the authors Aero metacity, except it only had 1 comma, as opposed to about the 15 6nome had.
		Haven't used gnome for a long time because of the gtk1.2 and 2 split but now that there are a lot more apps for gtk2 I'm glad to be back in it and happy to see it getting better (more gnome2 only with "gnome themes").
	gnomesupport.org /forums/viewtopic.php?p=15716 (479 words)

	Notes: Metacity Configuration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The story, apparently, is that the sawfish project went moribund, so the GNOME guys switched to metacity.
		The problem with making these things "intuitive" for "ordinary users" is that those of us used to the old way of doing things get left high and dry.
		For reference of any who google their way here, here is the (almost) complete documentation of functions metacity makes available for key binding.
	www.gungeralv.org /notes/archives/000323.php (1024 words)

	Replace metacity by xfwm4 - Ubuntu Forums
		Since metacity became the default window manager for gnome, I've always been bugged by the absence of some very useful features such as edge resistance towards other windows and vertical/horizontal maximization.
		The latter is actually somewhat implemented, but in a poor way, and appearently, the developers of metacity don't seem to see a desperate need for properly implementing the above features anytime soon.
		Fortunately, there are alternatives to using metacity as window manager under Gnome.
	www.ubuntuforums.org /showthread.php?t=88393 (604 words)

	RenderingProject/aiglx - Fedora Project Wiki
		The end result is that you can use GL effects on your desktop with very few changes, the ability to turn it on and off at will, and you don't have to replace your X server in the process.
		During development, this functionality was included in metacity.
		Here are a few videos of some of the effects metacity currently does using aiglx.
	fedoraproject.org /wiki/RenderingProject/aiglx (1175 words)

	GNOME 2.2.0 Release Notes - Metacity Window Manager
		GNOME 2.2 officially incorporates the Metacity window manager, a fully integrated window manager that uses GTK+ for UI elements, communicates tightly with the panel and other desktop elements, and is configured straight from the GNOME preferences dialogs.
		At the same time, all interaction between the window manager and the desktop is done via documented standards (see the section called "Standards Compliance"), so you can substitute the window manager of your choice from a long list of available options: Sawfish, fvwm2, icewm, Waimea, Openbox, are just some of them.
		Early versions of Metacity were in wide use a month or two after GNOME 2.0, so many people will already be familiar with its basic features:
	www.gnome.org /start/2.2/notes/rnwm.html (289 words)

	Metacity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Metacity is a window manager based on GTK+ 2.0.
		It uses GTK to draw frames and Pango to render nice Unicode window titles.
		Please consider donating to the FSF to help support this project.
	directory.fsf.org /metacity.html (182 words)

	rhn.redhat.com \| Red Hat Support
		An updated metacity package that fixes various issues is now available.
		Metacity is a simple window manager that integrates with GNOME.
		All users of metacity should upgrade to this updated package, which
	rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHBA-2005-568.html (161 words)

	plope - Adding Metacity Key Bindings in Fedora
		I'm futzing around with a Fedora test release (Fedora is the new name for non-enterprise Red Hat Linux).
		Older versions of Gnome, at least in older Red Hat releases, used a different window manager that allowed you to assign arbitrary keybindings via the UI.
		The Fedora release, which uses Metacity as a window manager, doesn't.
	www.plope.com /Members/chrism/metacity_keybindings/view (331 words)

	freshmeat.net: Project details for Metacity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		It has ~60000 lines of code and links to a ton of libraries.
		Metacity is perfect except one thing, that it is a big wrong choice by the author do !
		Windows can't move over the top of the screen.
	freshmeat.net /projects/metacity (209 words)

	[Customize.org] GNOME > Metacity (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Metacity is the default window manager for GNOME 2.0 and above.
		It provides many advanced features and powerful engines for skinning title bars and title buttons.
		Customize was brought to you in 0.222 seconds @ 05:48:53 EDT.
	www.customize.org /list/metacity (285 words)

	Barking at shovels: Metacity Configuration (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Just installed RedHat 8.0, and discovered they've changed the window manager from sawfish to metacity, and don't even ship enlightenment anymore.
		In metacity 2.8.1 (shipped with RH FC2) there is a bug: when ~/.metacity folder is removed, the desktop will not load because a session is referenced in ~/.gnome2/sessions that does not (at that point) exist - so metacity will die and desktop will stop loading (needs C-A-BS).
		This can be fixed by renaming the ~/.gnome2/sessions file to something else and trying again.
	www.gungeralv.org /notes/archives/2003/01/metacity_configuration.php (1116 words)

	Metacity and gnome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Linux Forum > Linux News Discussions > General Linux Discussions > Metacity and gnome
		I\'ve recently moved to redhat 9.0, gnome and metacity (before I was
		Metacity is a window manager, not a desktop environment.
	www.linuxforum.com /forums/index.php?topic=54550 (1084 words)

	silvestre\|artwork weblog » Metacity
		And at last, the GTK and Metacity themes… The metacity theme is Clearbox, so no credits for me
		As you may see, the unfocused windows don’t really look _that_ unfocused… so we can say that this Metacity thingy isn’t finished quite yet.
		Sorry, no screenshots, but you may download it here.
	www.silvestre.com.ar /?cat=6 (61 words)

	freshmeat.net: Browse project tree - Topic :: Desktop Environment :: Window Managers :: MetaCity
		Another Aqua theme, one of the few for MetaCity.
		A copy of Swing Metal for use with the Gtk+ Metal theme.
		A theme based on the theme used in the Nokia 770.
	themes.freshmeat.net /browse/986 (566 words)

	metacity-devel-list Info Page
		A low volume, moderated list is for discussion about Metacity development.
		A few rules to keep this low volume:
		If you leave the field blank, you will be prompted for your email address
	mail.gnome.org /mailman/listinfo/metacity-devel-list (389 words)

	gnome-metacity - LinuxQuestions.org
		If it is not in the man pages or the how-to's this is the place!
		when i run metacity in the terminal i recieve
		running enlightenment instead of metacity with gnome - how?
	www.linuxquestions.org /questions/showthread.php?t=290385 (277 words)

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