Enlightenment [E17]

First  let me have a disclaimer that this is no review and is just some of my random thoughts.

ok that said:

Let me start by saying wow, No I mean it. the font and window rendering are first class.  I work from Virtual machines alot, and I use Gnome alot but I have also used KDE, FVWM, Blackbox etc.
I always end up back at gnome for some odd reason. Enlightenment E17 is first class, tho its called a lightweight window manager and not a desktop environment like Gnome and KDE. that
in no ways means its a lesser force.  and, its not really trying to copy anyone or anything they (enlightenment team) are just doing there own thing.
the way themes are applied, are first rate the Enlightenment environment was aware of the file when i justed clicked on it.

and, since I tend to work mostly form VMs, how the desktop preforms is a big deal. but I like candy, and decent functionality.

I did get E17 to kinda hang alittle, I was moving xchat from inside the pager from virtual desktop 1 to Virtual desktop 2, and the window redraw start going crazy. the good thing was it never crashed and toke down the entire desktop. I was able to fire up xterm and restart.

anther thing I like is the work flow, and the snappiness of E17, it feels snappy, and modern. when you move a window you don't really see the window and font redraws.

overall, pretty good. will post more about E17 as I come across it.



-Nex6