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Enlightenment is the next generation of graphical desktop shell from the Enlightenment project. It resembles a traditional UNIX/X11 style desktop by design but has a range of add-ons, as well as a different core design philosophy.
Enlightenment is the next generation of graphical desktop shell from the
Enlightenment project. It resembles a traditional UNIX/X11 style desktop by
design but has a range of add-ons, as well as a different core design
philosophy.
Enlightenment manages windows and files. It's a compositor and is also capable of launching applications, handling the user interface and even system settings.
Enlightenment manages launching of apps, windows and also files (with
a built-in file manager). It's a compositor also (always compositing),
can handle network control (via connman) and other system
configuration as well.
If Enlightenment is already available for your current OS, make sure the version you download is up to date. If not you can compile it yourself. To get started [[:download|download]] Enlightenment and the *Enlightenment Foundation Library (EFL)* components. You can find more details about software dependencies below.
If Enlightenment is already available for your current OS, make sure the
version you download is up to date. If not you can compile it yourself.
To get started [[:download|download]] Enlightenment and the
*Enlightenment Foundation Library (EFL)* components. You can find more
details about software dependencies below.
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=== Key features of E ===
* Complete environment including centralized configuration of most settings.
* Complete environment including centralized configuration of most settings.
* Very low memory requirements
* Supports both X11 and Wayland display servers (Wayland is considered experimental).
* Uses 'Modules' : pluggable pieces of code that add various functionality to the window manager itself. Users may be able to interact with modules visually through 'gadgets', which can be run outside Enlightenment.
* Supports both X11 and Wayland (Wayland is considered experimental).
* Uses 'Modules' : pluggable pieces of code that add functionality to the window manager itself.
* Configurable themes.
* Compositing can be done quickly even on older machines without GPUs.
* Support for multiple languages and operating systems.