Installing E21 for Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial
Hello Xubuntu User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Enlightenment 0.21.x Desktop on Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS GNU/Linux.
Enlightenment is not just a window manager for Linux/X11 and others, but also a whole suite of Libraries (EFL) to help you create beautiful user interfaces with much less work than doing it the old fashioned way and fighting with traditional toolkits.
Enlightenment, often abbreviated as E, is a lightweight and highly customizable desktop environment for Unix-like operating systems, particularly popular on Linux distributions. It’s known for its speed, efficiency, and flexibility, providing users with extensive customization options while maintaining a visually appealing interface.
Here are some key features of the Enlightenment desktop environment:
- Speed and efficiency: Enlightenment is designed to be fast and efficient, even on older hardware or systems with limited resources. It achieves this by using minimal system resources and optimized code.
- Highly customizable: One of the defining characteristics of Enlightenment is its extensive customization options. Users can tailor almost every aspect of the desktop environment, including themes, wallpapers, widgets, and panel layouts, to suit their preferences.
- Compositing and effects: Enlightenment includes built-in compositing support, allowing for smooth animations, transparency effects, and other visual enhancements. Users can adjust these effects to their liking or disable them for improved performance on older hardware.
- Modular architecture: Enlightenment follows a modular architecture, with various components (such as the window manager, desktop shell, and file manager) being separate and interchangeable. This modularity allows for greater flexibility and easier maintenance.
- Integrated applications: Enlightenment comes with a set of lightweight and integrated applications, including a file manager (Enlightenment File Manager or EFM), a terminal emulator (Terminology), and various utilities for system configuration and management.
- Support for multiple platforms: While primarily developed for Linux-based systems, Enlightenment can also run on other Unix-like operating systems, including *BSD variants. Additionally, there have been efforts to port Enlightenment to other platforms, such as Windows.
- Active development: Enlightenment is actively developed and maintained by a community of developers and enthusiasts. New features, improvements, and bug fixes are regularly released, ensuring that the desktop environment stays up-to-date and responsive to user feedback.
Overall, Enlightenment provides a balance between performance, flexibility, and aesthetics, making it an attractive choice for users who value customization and efficiency in their desktop computing experience.
The new features of Enlightenment 0.21 include Greatly improved Wayland support, New gadget infrastructure, Wizard improvements and Video backgrounds.
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Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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How to Add E21 Ubuntu PPA Apt Repo
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Installing Enlightenment 0.21.
sudo su -c "apt-get install -V enlightenment"
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Logout and Switch to Enlightenment
On the Log-In Screen Top-Right Select the Enlightenment Entry!