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Enlightenment desktop – Yes or no?

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netrunner-mag.com; By Igor Ljubuncic
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My experience with the Enlightenment desktop slash window manager hails back to 2007, when I started exploring distributions like openGEU and friends. Then, fast forward two years, I’ve had my first encounter with Bodhi Linux, which comes with E17 as its default desktop. Fast forward some more, and we enter the year 2013, with yet another review of Bodhi.

My experience with the Enlightenment desktop slash window manager hails back to 2007, when I started exploring distributions like openGEU and friends. Then, fast forward two years, I’ve had my first encounter with Bodhi Linux, which comes with E17 as its default desktop. Fast forward some more, and we enter the year 2013, with yet another review of Bodhi.

Half a decade ago, I was rather impressed with what the desktop could do. It managed a fair share of bling-bling, smooth transitions, shadows, transparency, and other cool effects, without having to rely on an expensive graphics card. It was all done in 2D. From the purely aesthetic perspective, E17 was not the best looking, but it was not bad, nor that much different from the contemporary rivals. But then, when I tested the desktop again two years back and just now, I noticed that little has changed in the visual phase space. Which brings a question, is Enlightenment a suitable desktop environment for modern machines?

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Comments (3)

Jeff91 ·
I thought he was just lazy when he complains Bodhi blows because it lacks flash, java, and other applications he lacks by default (never mind this is by design).

Now I'm beginning to think he might just be stupid.

Instead of compiling E from source, installing from the PPA or booting up a Bodhi live disc. He decides to post a "review" of E17 using a build that is months (possibly year[s]) old.

Not much to be done about it, haters are going to hate. I'm glad I read the comments on the article though - this one made me laugh:

"Admit it you are just trying to piss of Hoogland"

~Jeff
Bob_Robertson ·
Crom, that's funny!
gus3 ·
"Here, hold this rock. And whatever you do, don't throw it at that hornets' nest over there."

Some people refuse to learn.

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