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Enlightenment Lives

Posted by michael on from the do-some-E dept.

Anonymous Coward writes "The Enlightenment Project, far from dead, is pleased to announce the DR16.7.1 release of the Enlightenment Window Manager. With tons of fixes, a massive overhaul of the internals, and several new features this release is a must try for those who haven't run E in a long time. The window manager that redefined the way a desktop can look is still going strong."

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  1. first post :p by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    blah blah blah

  2. Theme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Whatever happened to that sweet cave/rockish style theme? The later ones suck cock.

  3. What's the latest stable release again? by otis+wildflower · · Score: -1, Troll

    I dunno, the whole transparent tty thing was pretty exciting like 5-6 years ago, but pretty much every WM has taken that ball and ran with it..

    Why would you use E vs KDE (or even GNOME)? Seriously?

  4. Dear Slashdot by Letter · · Score: -1, Troll
    Dear Slashdot,

    Thanks for informing me about this new release of E. Speaking of E, I just took some E and spanked it to this hot lawyer in the yellow pages.

    -Letter

  5. The 90's called and they want their WM back! by n2rjt · · Score: 1, Troll

    Seriously, I tried E when it was young, and wasn't impressed. It didn't help that my Linux box was a 486DX2 @ 66MHz. I used olvwm or fvwm95 back then, before switching to qvwm. The impression I got when seeing Enlightenment running on friends' machines was that it was full of glitz but otherwise no better than the minimal WMs I was running.

    A standalone window manager is a thing of the past. Now, it has to be integrated with the desktop environment of choice.

  6. Ugly as can be... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    The window manager that redefined the way a desktop can look ugly is still going strong.

  7. Re:Mandrake's Speeling by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Raster is the one who couldn't spell, and it looks like he still can't http://www.rasterman.com/. I wonder if he's dyslexic or something.