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-[Enlightenment | http://www.enlightenment.org/] is a completely themeable, highly configurable WindowManager for [X11]. It is currently up to release .16, commonly refered to as E16, while a major rewrite
is underway (
and has been underway for years) for Enlightenment
.17 (E17) which
is planned to become a full DesktopEnvironment
.
+[Enlightenment | http://www.enlightenment.org/] is a completely themeable, highly configurable WindowManager for [X11]. It is currently up to release .16, commonly refered to as E16. The latest stable version
is e16.7,
and 16
.8
is under development
.
-That's the short version of the story, anyway. DR17 was almost released at some point, but Raster thought that releasing code that would need to be rewritten in a week wasn't right. You can see some results of that decision in the DR17 [Enlightenment | http://www.enlightenment.org/] page. I suggest watching the movies, as static pictures don't show the potential of this desktop.
+In the meantime, a complete rewrite is underway (and has been underway for years) for Enlightenment .17 (E17) which is planned to become what the the Enlightenment Development team terms a "Desktop Shell", incorporating elements of both Window and File Manager functionality, but not going as far as a full DesktopEnvironment.
+
+
That's the short version of the story, anyway. DR17 was almost released at some point, but Raster (the lead Developer)
thought that releasing code that would need to be rewritten in a week wasn't right. You can see some results of that decision in the DR17 [Enlightenment | http://www.enlightenment.org/] page. I suggest watching the movies, as static pictures don't show the potential of this desktop.
+
+While E17 is not yet ready for release, many people are already using E17 as their primary WindowManager. It is possible to obtain a latest development version from cvs or [snapshots from freedesktop.org | http://enlightenment.freedesktop.org/]. See [get-e.org | http://get-e.org/User_Guide/English.html] for installation details, user guides, themes, bacgkrounds, screenshots, and just to keep up with the latest developments
.
See also: LookingGlass
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+ ''It is rumoured that once [Debian] Sarge, [Enlightenment] DR17, and [GNU] [Hurd] are released, the Apocalypse will come.''
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