The Enlightenment desktop environment is not for everyone. Experienced Linux fans may delight in some new light bulbs switching on, but Linux newcomers may find themselves groping in the darkness. For the Linux-initiated, Enlightenment offers some powerful new flexibility in how to set up and use the operating system. Note — Linux experience will not make your journey to one of the least known graphical user interfaces in the Linux OS a fully pleasant trip, but once you get there, you will probably like your surroundings.
"There are Linux distro forums that have instructions for
adapting your system to install an add-on
Enlightenment package. Do not go there. I"
"... but do it through a distro built around it. Do not try to do your own Enlightenment integration by manually adding Enlightenment packages to your current Linux distro."
I do not fully agree with this. It is true that you should NOT add Enlightment to your fully functional Desktop Environment.
However, another approach you did not talked about is installing your favorite Linux distribution from scratch on your computer, but without any Desktop Environment nor Window Manager at all. This way you keep your habits, like using a Debian, Gentoo, Arch base.
For Debian/Ubuntu this can be accomplished using the "netinstall/mini" iso and not choosing any Desktop Environment during installation process. Then you just have to install a Display Manager like LightDM and you are ready to install Enlightenment.
Just follow instructions for installation from Enlightenment documentation page, in most case you just have to use dedicated repositories.
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Enlightenment Linux: It's Not What You Think
Posted by: Jack M. Germain May 16, 2014 08:35 AMThe Enlightenment desktop environment is not for everyone. Experienced Linux fans may delight in some new light bulbs switching on, but Linux newcomers may find themselves groping in the darkness. For the Linux-initiated, Enlightenment offers some powerful new flexibility in how to set up and use the operating system. Note — Linux experience will not make your journey to one of the least known graphical user interfaces in the Linux OS a fully pleasant trip, but once you get there, you will probably like your surroundings.
adapting your system to install an add-on
Enlightenment package. Do not go there. I"
"... but do it through a distro built around it. Do not try to do your own Enlightenment integration by manually adding Enlightenment packages to your current Linux distro."
I do not fully agree with this. It is true that you should NOT add Enlightment to your fully functional Desktop Environment.
However, another approach you did not talked about is installing your favorite Linux distribution from scratch on your computer, but without any Desktop Environment nor Window Manager at all. This way you keep your habits, like using a Debian, Gentoo, Arch base.
For Debian/Ubuntu this can be accomplished using the "netinstall/mini" iso and not choosing any Desktop Environment during installation process. Then you just have to install a Display Manager like LightDM and you are ready to install Enlightenment.
Just follow instructions for installation from Enlightenment documentation page, in most case you just have to use dedicated repositories.
You end up with a fresh and clean E installation.