Mir AlternativesWindow Managers and other similar apps like Mir
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, BSD and Mac. The best Mir alternative is Wayland, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Mir are X11 and XQuartz.
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Mir alternatives are mainly Window Managers but may also be Desktop Environments. Filter by these or use the filter bar below if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of Mir.- Window Manager
- Free • Open Source
29 likes4 Wayland alternativesWayland is a project to define a protocol for a compositor to talk to its clients as well as a library implementation of the protocol.
Wayland VS Mir
Is Wayland a good alternative to Mir?
16 likes4 X11 alternativesThe 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 VS Mir
Is X11 a good alternative to Mir?
14 likes3 XQuartz alternativesThis 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.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
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XQuartz VS Mir
Is XQuartz a good alternative to Mir?
