Original author(s) | Carsten Haitzler |
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Developer(s) | E17 Development Team |
Initial release | 1997 |
Stable release | E17 0.17.2.1
/ 9 April 2013[1] |
Preview release | E18 0.17.99.83478
/ 31 January 2013[2] |
Repository | |
Written in | C |
Operating system | Unix-like |
Type | Window manager |
License | BSD |
Website | www |
Enlightenment (also known simply as E), is a free software/open source window manager for the X Window System. It can be used alone or together with a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE. Enlightenment is sometimes used as a replacement for a full desktop environment.
The first version of Enlightenment was released by Raster (Carsten Haitzler) on 1996-10-30.[3]
Enlightenment has been under development for 10 years. Its latest stable release is E17. It always comes with a warning that it is in permanent "heavy development" and remains "not stable".