Mir Alternatives
Mir is described as 'The purpose of Mir is to enable the development of user interfaces shells. In the case of Ubuntu, Mir will be utilized by next generation Unity. In addition, Mir will be developed in a manner that will retain its flexibility and usability in order that shells other than Unity' and is a Window Manager in the os & utilities category. There are three alternatives to Mir for Linux, Mac and BSD. The best alternative is Wayland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mir are X11 and XQuartz.
Mir alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be Desktop Environments. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Mir.
Wayland
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo4 alternatives to Wayland- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Linux
Wayland is intended as a simpler replacement for X11, easier to develop and maintain. Desktop environments that support Wayland include GNOME and KDE Plasma.
Wayland Features
X11
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Desktop Environment
4 alternatives to X11- Linux
- BSD
The X.Org project provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The development work is being done in conjunction with the freedesktop.org community. The X.Org Foundation is the educational non-profit corporation whose Board serves this effort, and whose Members...
X11 Features
XQuartz
Do you think this is a good alternative?YesNo- Free • Open Source
- Window Manager
- Desktop Environment
3 alternatives to XQuartz- Mac
This provides a windowing system for some applications that normally run on Linux, as well as for forwarding GUI from the server to your client computer.
XQuartz Features
