Enlightenment (window manager)

For other uses, see Enlightenment.

Enlightenment (also known simply as E), is a free software/open source window manager for the X Window System. It can be used alone or together with a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE. Enlightenment is sometimes used as a replacement for a full desktop environment.

Enlightenment

Enlightenment DR17
Original author(s)	Carsten Haitzler
Developer(s)	E17 Development Team
Initial release	1997
Stable release	E17 0.17.2.1 / 9 April 2013; 12 years ago (2013-04-09)[1]
Preview release	E18 0.17.99.83478 / 31 January 2013; 12 years ago (2013-01-31)[2]
Repository	git.enlightenment.org
Written in	C
Operating system	Unix-like
Type	Window manager
License	BSD
Website	www.enlightenment.org

History

The first version of Enlightenment was released by Raster (Carsten Haitzler) on 1996-10-30.^[3]

Enlightenment has been under development for 10 years. Its latest stable release is E17. It always comes with a warning that it is in permanent "heavy development" and remains "not stable".

Related pages

• Eterm - the Enlightened Terminal
• Enlightenment Foundation Libraries
• Elive - an installable LiveCD of Debian GNU/Linux built to showcase Enlightenment (Includes both DR16 & DR17.)
• gOS - an Ubuntu-based distribution available on an installable live CD, working on low-end systems and employing a Mac OS X like look.
• OpenGEU - an Ubuntu-based distribution with E17 supplemented with elements from GNOME and Xfce
• Maryan Linux - an Ubuntu based distribution. Available on an installable live CD, working on low-end systems.
• OzOS - an Ubuntu-based distribution with e17 compiled and maintained directly from CVS source via morlenxus easy_e17.sh script.
• Exalt The Network manager for E17.