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Gala

Gala is a window manager / compositing manager and an integral part of Pantheon, the desktop environment of elementary OS.

Free Open Source
Linux

Gala is a window manager / compositing manager and an integral part of Pantheon, the desktop environment of elementary OS.

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window-manager x11-window-managers

Gala was added by Ugotsta in Oct 2015 and the latest update was made in Aug 2017. The list of alternatives was updated Mar 2020. It's possible to update the information on Gala or report it as discontinued, duplicated or spam.

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