Enlightenment

[Blake Barnett]

Enlightenment should not be compared to KDE or Gnome yet, a more apt
comparison is to that of sawfish, or windowmaker.

Enlightenment is a WINDOWmanager as of 0.16.5, this means that all it
does is manage windows, for example, it puts the handles the title-bar
for windows, iconboxes, pagers, etc.  It does not manage the desktop (it
has no integrated file manager).

As of 0.17 (a complete rewrite by the way..) it will include a file
manager called "Essence" it will basically be a complete desktop
management solution.  Just as KDE and Gnome currently are.

If you want icons on your desktop you have to go through the config
files manually and add a custom graphic and associate actions with that
graphic, etc.   If you are set on using enlightenment before 0.17 is
released then I would use it within Gnome (put gnome-session in your
.xinitrc) and also use something like Nautilus for file management to
have icons on your desktop, easy launchers, etc.  

Here is a screenshot of my desktop, I do this currently (minus nautilus
as the current stable release is kind of a CPU hog):
http://soulmachine.com/desktop-ss.jpg



On Fri, 2002-06-14 at 08:49, Bryce C. wrote:
> Alright, I'm sort of a newbie at X Windows stuff but I know
> Enlightenment is a window manager, just as KDE etc, but how do do I get
> icons on my desktop.  It's getting tiring having to go through 3 levels
> of menu by middle mouse button.  Anyone?
> 
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