Introduction

Enlightenment, also known simply as E, is a free software/open source window manager for the X Window System which can be used alone or in conjunction with a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE. It has a rich feature set, including extensive support for themes and advanced graphics without sacrificing good performance. As such, Enlightenment is sometimes deployed as a substitute for a full desktop environment.

The latest stable release of the software is version 0.16.8.5 . Version 0.17, also called DR17, is currently in development and is designed to be a full-fledged desktop shell based on the new Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL). DR17 is a complete rewrite from DR16, targeted toward a range of platforms from embedded systems to workstations.

Installation

Enlightenment DR16

It is relatively easy to install DR16 on Ubuntu as you can simply apt-get it.

sudo apt-get install enlightenment

Enlightenment DR17

Installing DR17 is slightly trickier as this is a development release. [Here] is a guide to doing so.

• Make guide

Usage

Enlightenment DR16

• See EnlightenmentDR16

Enlightenment DR17

• To Do Guide

Further

[http://www.enlightenment.org/ E Home Page]

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