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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.
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+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.
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+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.
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+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
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-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.
See also: LookingGlass
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