Enlightenment, also known simply as E, is a window manager for the X Window System which can be used alone or in conjunction with a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE. Enlightenment is often used as a substitute for a full desktop environment.
The first version of Enlightenment was released by Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) in 1997.
Enlightenment has been under development for over a decade; its latest stable release is version E16 1.0.1.
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Enlightenment, also known simply as E, is a window manager for the X Window System which can be used alone or in conjunction with a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE. Enlightenment is often used as a substitute for a full desktop environment.
The first version of Enlightenment was released by Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) in 1997.
Enlightenment has been under development for over a decade; its latest stable release is version E16 1.0.1.
Version 0.17, also referred to as DR17 or E17, has been in development since December 2000. It is a complete rewrite on DR16 and was designed to be a full-fledged desktop shell, based on the new Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL).
Some of its features include:
One of the aims of the window manager is to be as configurable as possible, and to this end, it includes customization dialogs for focus settings, window movement, resizing, grouping and placement settings, audio, multiple desktop, desktop background, pager, tooltip and autoraise...
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