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==== Much more than a Window Manager ====
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==== Much more than a Window Manager ====
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Long ago, Enlightenment began as a project to make a Window Manager for
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Long ago, Enlightenment began as a project to make a Window Manager for
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X11. It has grown a lot since then to well over 1 million lines of C
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X11. Since then it's grown into the one million lines of C
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code in just the EFL libraries alone, as well as a Window Manager, and a
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code that form the EFL libraries, as well as a Window Manager and a
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set of applications. There is a vibrant and active community of
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set of applications. There's a vibrant and active community of
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developers and users who work on the code, use it every day and enjoy
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developers and users who work on and use the code every day.
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their environment.
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[[about-enlightenment|{{:icon-enlightenment.png|Enlightenment}}]]
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[[about-enlightenment|{{:icon-enlightenment.png|Enlightenment}}]]
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[[about-efl|{{:efl-core.png|EFL}}]]
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[[about-efl|{{:efl-core.png|EFL}}]]
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{{:icon-enlightenment.png?nolink |Enlightenment}}
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{{:icon-enlightenment.png?nolink |Enlightenment}}
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{{ :shot-enlightenment.png?nolink&320|Enlightenment Sample screenshot}}
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{{ :shot-enlightenment.png?nolink&320|Enlightenment Sample screenshot}}
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The original reason Enlightenment exists - The Window Manager. From
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As we've said Enlightenment was originally built as a Window Manager. Everything else snowballed from there. It's the flagship product,
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here everything else spawned. This is really the flagship product,
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closely followed by EFL itself. It's a lean, fast,
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closely followed by EFL itself. The window manager is a lean, fast,
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modular and very extensible window manager for X11 and Linux.
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modular and very extensible window manager for X11 and Linux. It is
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classed as a "desktop shell" providing the things you need to operate
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Enlightenment is classed as a "desktop shell" in that it provides everything you need to operate your desktop (or laptop) but is not a full application suite. This covers launching applications, managing their windows and doing other
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your desktop (or laptop), but is not a whole application suite. This
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covers launching applications, managing their windows and doing other
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system tasks like suspending, reboots, managing files etc.
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system tasks like suspending, reboots, managing files etc.
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We are moving towards Wayland as the base display system where
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We are moving towards using Wayland as the base display system, while
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Enlightenment is being worked on to become a full Wayland compositor
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Enlightenment is being developed to become a full Wayland compositor
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on its own. This of course takes time and has its rough edges along
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in its own right. This of course takes time and there have been some bumps along the road. However, one day we will leave X11 behind.
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the way, but we are not standing still, and one day will leave X11
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behind.
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Of course Enlightenment is built on top of EFL, using the libraries we
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Of course Enlightenment is built on top of EFL, using the libraries we
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wrote for it to do its UI as well as to run the entire compositor
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wrote for the UI as well as those for the compositor itself. This means that any improvements to EFL are included in the compositor.
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itself. This means that any improvements to EFL turn up in the
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compositor as well.
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Enlightenment also is the Window Manager and Compositor for Tizen due
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Enlightenment also is the Window Manager and Compositor for Tizen due
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in part to its efficiency and feature-set.
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in part to its efficiency and feature-set.
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