--- title: GNOME Mutter 51 Beta Released With Wayland Background... description: GNOME Mutter 51 and GNOME Shell 51 beta versions have been released with several notable improvements. Mutter 51 adds Wayland ext-background-effect-v1 blur... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-mutter-51-beta-released-with-wayland-background-blur-improved-frame-scheduling-mwpknmadu twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: GNOME Mutter 51 Beta Released With Wayland Background Blur, Improved Frame Scheduling | daily.dev og:description: GNOME Mutter 51 and GNOME Shell 51 beta versions have been released with several notable improvements. Mutter 51 adds Wayland ext-background-effect-v1 blur... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/gnome-mutter-51-beta-released-with-wayland-background-blur-improved-frame-scheduling-mwpknmadu og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/MwPknmaDU.png og:image:alt: GNOME Mutter 51 Beta Released With Wayland Background Blur, Improved Frame Scheduling og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # GNOME Mutter 51 Beta Released With Wayland Background Blur, Improved Frame Scheduling **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary GNOME Mutter 51 and GNOME Shell 51 beta versions have been released with several notable improvements. Mutter 51 adds Wayland ext-background-effect-v1 blur support enabling background blur effects in terminals and other apps, adopts the upstream xdg_session_management_v1 protocol, and includes multiple frame scheduling improvements by Michel Dänzer. It also fixes blurred rendering on non-pixel-aligned monitors, adds button scrolling support, and can now hide the cursor during input capture. GNOME Shell 51 Beta introduces initial 'reduced-motion' setting support, SVG-based cursor implementations matching KDE's format, improved keyboard navigation for screenshot area selection, and support for web login with a unified authentication mechanism. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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