Enlightenment - Any good?

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I’ve been reading a lot about this desktop environment. About the amazing eye-candy looks and lightning fast performance. Have any of you used it? Is it all it’s made out to be?

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I have used it quite a bit, and while I was mildly impressed with the eye-candy I did not like it in a functional sense. It still has a way to go before it will be a mainstream desktop in terms of usability, although recent versions have made advances in this area. Additionally, I found it to be the most unstable GUI which runs on *nix. Not so unstable as Windows, but not as stable as I’d expect a WM on Linux to be. It is a beta though, so… shrug

That being said, you should try it yourself and see what you think. It’s not as if you must replace your existing desktop(s) of choice; you can use E7 occasionally and switch back to your usual when you need to get the ‘real work’ done.

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How easy would it be to install Enlightenment? Lets say I wanted to install it over VectorLinux, how would I go about it?
Can I simply type ‘slapt-get --install enlightenment’? And how would I make it appear in my window manager selection box when I log in?

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Howto install Enlightenment on Vector Linux: Home - Vector Linux

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Howto add Enlightenment to the /etc/X11 scripts: Home - Vector Linux

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I followed a tutorial I found on DistroWatch and I’ve got it working!

Yeah, wow the eye candy is good. :slight_smile: I love all the animated visual effects. It’s quite a bit different then anything I’ve ever used before! I will definately keep a close eye on the Enlightenment project. At the moment, as you said, it’s not at all productive :smiley: But I am sure that will change as the project grows.

[ot] This is completely off-topic… Is there a command I can enter in the terminal to show a list of running processes? And is there a command I can enter to show the amout of available disk space?[/ot]

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Oh, you posted that while I was typing!

Thanks for looking anyway :slight_smile:

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[ot]
[QUOTE=megamaced]
This is completely off-topic… Is there a command I can enter in the terminal to show a list of running processes? And is there a command I can enter to show the amout of available disk space?
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[code]# List all running processes
ps -a

List running process from a certain user

ps -u $USERNAME

View free HDD space

df -h[/code][/ot]

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[QUOTE=Anti-Trend]
Additionally, I found it to be the most unstable GUI which runs on *nix. Not so unstable as Windows, but not as stable as I’d expect a WM on Linux to be. It is a beta though, so… shrug.
[/QUOTE]

Now I see what you mean! This baby crashed on me 3 times within 10 minutes. It doesn’t seem to like having it’s menus edited… Oh but doesn’t it just look great :smiley: .