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I have done a clean minimal install of Ubuntu 20.10 in a VMWare Player virtual machine, running on an Intel Core i9 based PC. I would like to know which compositor is used by default. I am using the default desktop, which I think is Gnome. Possibly it is mutter, as ps -ax | grep -i mutter, shows:

78825 ?        Sl     1:52 /usr/bin/Xwayland :0 -rootless -noreset -accessx -core -auth /run/user/1000/.mutter-Xwaylandauth.GPDI20 -listen 4 -listen 5 -displayfd 6 -listen 7
99042 pts/3    R+     0:00 grep --color=auto -i Mutter

Please can someone confirm if it is mutter, or if not, which one is used?

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@muru answered my question - the compositor is mutter. Looks like I was going down the wrong path with the Gnome desktop anyway. Looks like I need to use MATE or Xfce in order to use a custom compositor.

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