Interesting, Samsung’s Tizen OS used Enlightenment/EFL as its native UI framework: <a href="https://docs.tizen.org/application/native/tutorials/ui-builder/ui-builder-overview/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://docs.tizen.org/application/native/tutorials/ui-build...</a>
Enlightenment in general is in my humble opinion one of those things from the FOSS world that deserve much more success and recognition than it has had. It has so much potential.
The first time I got e running was a magical moment. I'd sit there in awe at the responsiveness, and I'd wait for the just the "right" moment to sneak up on xeyes and catch it slipping but it always found my cursor... It sounds dumb now that I type it out, in retrospect.
Is this one of the oldest WMs still in development for Unices? I remember I ran Enlightenment on my Pentium 133 MHz Linux box to get those cool aliens hanging from my windows. Feels like the version numbering isn't much different from those good old days. What is the rationale for running Enlightenment today, compared to, say, a DE like Xfce?
It’s been probably a decade since I last tried it, but Enlightenment is interesting and somewhat quirky… definitely a change of pace from the usual suspects. Might have to try it again just to see how it’s changed.
I once E because the cool kids on IRC were telling me all about it.. over 20 years ago! I think that was E16 and quickly checking, it is still supported! This is older than windows XP!
I remember the previous version of Enlightenment (E16?) and, from a design standpoint, it was really cool and productive for the small resolution CRTs of old.<p>The current version doesn't give me those vibes. And I haven't checked out the code of either, so I'm unaware if it's something atrocious :)
Wow! I think I first used this wm 25 years ago and they are still not even close to 1.0. Does anyone know what version number scheme they are using? Is it actually +0.01 per year, or is that just a happy coincidence?
e16 is the best Enlightenment imho. and yes its true, Rasterman is still a script kiddie! i still prefer windowmaker as my daily driver dispute it not being a fancy compositing window manager. maybe i will experiment adding my own compositor to wm one of these days