Enlightenment is sexy

oldsk00l · 12-15-04, 12:29 PM

http://www.rasterman.com/news.html

I can just see this debut, people would finally have a reason to switch to linux from MacOSX.

Ironi · 12-15-04, 03:08 PM

Enlightenment is yesterday's news. Don't get me wrong though, I used it and loved it back in its heyday. Even so, it's just not realistic to expect E to gain back any ground lost to other desktop environments such as KDE, GNOME, XFce, etc. Modern DEs have far surpassed E in functionality, and IMO raster and friends would be wasting effort better spent elsewhere (i.e. on those aforementioned DEs) if they're intending to create yet another one.

KDE and GNOME pretty much have it covered for Windows and Mac converts anyways: KDE offers flexibility, power, and a massive number of features; GNOME offers minimalism and ... er, well, a chosen way to do things.

oldsk00l · 12-15-04, 03:12 PM

This is E17, not the old enlightenment, look at the screens

E17 uses a pretty slick rasterizer.

jimmt · 12-15-04, 11:25 PM

Used to be a big fan of E. my favorite was DR13 with the Hand of God theme. I was so excited about EFS and even built it against DR16 for a whil there, but then he canned the whole thing and started from scratch with DR17. I have been waiting a good while for Dr17 to the point that I am no longer excited about it. It seems when Gnome dropped them as the WM E started to fade away.

Jim

**MUYA** · 12-15-04, 11:28 PM

why can we get that sort of GUI for Windows XP...dang it

12-15-04, 12:29 PM	#1
oldsk00l Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,663	Enlightenment is sexy http://www.rasterman.com/news.html I can just see this debut, people would finally have a reason to switch to linux from MacOSX. __________________ The Adama maneuver was incredible, go watch Exodus pt 2.

12-15-04, 03:08 PM	#2
Ironi Registered User Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 86	Re: Enlightenment is sexy Enlightenment is yesterday's news. Don't get me wrong though, I used it and loved it back in its heyday. Even so, it's just not realistic to expect E to gain back any ground lost to other desktop environments such as KDE, GNOME, XFce, etc. Modern DEs have far surpassed E in functionality, and IMO raster and friends would be wasting effort better spent elsewhere (i.e. on those aforementioned DEs) if they're intending to create yet another one. KDE and GNOME pretty much have it covered for Windows and Mac converts anyways: KDE offers flexibility, power, and a massive number of features; GNOME offers minimalism and ... er, well, a chosen way to do things.

12-15-04, 03:12 PM	#3
oldsk00l Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 1,663	Re: Enlightenment is sexy This is E17, not the old enlightenment, look at the screens E17 uses a pretty slick rasterizer. __________________ The Adama maneuver was incredible, go watch Exodus pt 2.

12-15-04, 11:25 PM	#4
jimmt Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Mississippi Posts: 25	Re: Enlightenment is sexy Used to be a big fan of E. my favorite was DR13 with the Hand of God theme. I was so excited about EFS and even built it against DR16 for a whil there, but then he canned the whole thing and started from scratch with DR17. I have been waiting a good while for Dr17 to the point that I am no longer excited about it. It seems when Gnome dropped them as the WM E started to fade away. Jim __________________ Please check out my Blog for technology articles on Open source, Virtual, Windows, and other computing subjects. http://jimmt36.blogspot.com/ Desktop (Office) Gigabyte GA-F2A85XM-D3H\|AMD A10-5800k [Trinity] @ 4.2Ghz\|16GB DDR3 1833\|XFX HD7770 Ultra GDDR5 1GB\|PNY 8800GTS [Hybrid Physx]\|Windows 8 Pro\|OpenSuse 12.2 Desktop (Gameroom) Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R\|Intel Xeon X3360\|6GB DDR2 800\|PNY GTX 275\|Windows 8 Pro Laptop (Laptop/Tablet Hybrid) HP Tm2t-2100 [i5-470UM, 8GB DDR3 Ram, AMD Radeon HD5450m/Intel i915 (Switchable Graphics), 500GB HDD]\|Windows 8 Pro\|Opensuse 12.2 Consoles Wii\|Gamecube\|Nintendo 3DS XL\|DS\|GBA\|XBOX\|XBOX 360\|PS1\|PS2\|PS3\|PSP\|DreamCast\|Genesis "What we have today is not a capitalist society, but a mixed economy – that is, a mixture of freedom and controls, which, by the presently dominant trend, is moving toward dictatorship." - A. Rand

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