Hello all, just like I promised on the previous post before regarding to the way to install Elbuntu. Enlightenment(E-17) is a window manager. Enlightenment is a desktop shell. Enlightenment is the building blocks to create beautiful applications. Enlightenment, or simply e, is a group of people trying to make a new generation of software. Now I’m going to show you a simple way to install Ubuntu Enlightenment. Just follow this instruction, step by step. If you encountered any issues/errors, please don’t hesitate to ask it over the comments form. Thanks.
1. Add the repos!
sh -c ‘echo “## Enlightenment e17
deb http://packages.enlightenment.org/ubuntu jaunty main extras” >> /etc/apt/sources.list’
2. Download and Import the gpg-keys:
wget -q http://packages.enlightenment.org/repo.key -O- | sudo apt-key add -
3. Update your repos!
sudo apt-get update
4. Install the Enlightenment:
sudo apt-get install e17
Well.. that’s all guys! As simple as that, you’ll get one of the most beautiful windows managers that I’ve ever seen. Afterwards, you can pick the enlightenment windows manager as your session on the login menu. Here is the screenshot of E-17:
If you need more themes & module, you can simply download it from here.
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Hello!
Thanks for this tutorial!
I’ve searched youtube and seen this:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-M3jorJEt4 about Enlightenment.It’s nice!
On my Ubuntu 9.04 I have Gnome,KDE and maybe I will also install Enlightenment to see how it is!
Have a nice day!
Yes indeed, it is a really nice windows manager
.. Try to give a shot, and I can bet that you’ll try it for more 
I’ve tried enlightenment with gOS when it was popular and loved it. Where is gOS?
I already posted a couple of gOS review in AllForLinux.com
here:
http://allforlinux.com/2008/08/gos-3-gadgets-beta-review/
http://allforlinux.com/2008/12/introducing-gos-cloud/
Just installed Enlightenment today, and what I LOVE about it is that on dual-head setup, you can turn on Xinerama, and unlike GNOME and KDE, Enlightenment allows you to switch workspaces on each screen independently, and you can drag windows across the monitors. AWESOME!
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