Linux

Solaris

FreeBSD

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Windows

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Base

GIO

file monitoring

inotify

fen

kqueue

kqueue

native API

kqueue

file type detection

xdgmime

xdgmime

xdgmime

native API

native API but incomplete

xdgmime

volume monitoring

(uses gnome-disk-utility)

(uses hal)

?

-

-

credentials passing

-

?

-

supports only g_socket_get_credentials()

application support

(uses dbus)

(uses dbus)

(uses dbus)

-

-

(uses dbus)

settings support

(uses dconf)

(uses dconf)

(uses dconf)

(uses NSUserDefaults)

(uses registry)

(uses dconf)

GTK+

printing

cups

papi

lpr, cups

cups

native API but likely somewhat broken

lpr, cups

show users of mounts

-

-

-

-

app menus, global menus

(with gnome-shell, using D-Bus APIs)

-

-

-

-

Hardware support

gnome-disk-utility

(uses udisks)

-

-

-

-

-

gnome-media

volume control

(uses pulseaudio)

( uses the old mixer )

(uses pulseaudio)

?

-

(uses pulseaudio)

GStreamer

video input

(DC1394, video4linux)

?

v4l2

?

?

v4l2

sound I/O

(uses ALSA)

(uses OSS)

(uses OSS)

?

(uses sndio)

gnome-bluetooth

(uses bluetoothd)

-

-

-

-

-

gnome-lirc-properties

(only Fedora and Debian-based distributions)

-

-

-

-

-

System Settings, session management, etc

gnome-control-center /
gnome-settings-daemon

printing

(uses cups)

?

?

?

?

(uses cups)

networking

(uses NetworkManager)

?

-

?

?

-

sound

(uses pulseaudio)

?

?

?

?

(uses pulseaudio)

keyboard

(uses XKB)

?

?

?

?

(uses XKB)

input methods

(uses IBus)

?

(uses IBus)

?

?

(uses IBus)

bluetooth

(uses bluetoothd)

?

?

?

?

-

displays

(uses XRANDR)

?

?

?

?

(uses XRANDR)

power

(uses upower and logind)

?

(uses upower)

?

?

(uses upower)

backlight control

(uses xbacklight or sysfs)

-

-

-

-

-

accounts

(uses accountsservice)

?

?

?

?

(uses accountsservice)

date & time

(uses timedated)

?

?

?

?

-

language

(uses localed)

?

?

?

?

-

info

(uses hostnamed and systemd)

?

?

?

?

-

gnome-session

session tracking

(uses logind or ConsoleKit)

(uses ConsoleKit)

?

?

?

(uses ConsoleKit)

idle tracking

(uses XIDLETIME)

(uses XIDLETIME)

?

?

?

?

mutter

Wayland support

(uses logind and kms)

-

-

-

-

-

Applications

cheese

camera device detection

(uses udev)

- (disabled code available)

(uses hal)

-

-

-

gnome-logs

(uses journald)

-

-

-

-

-