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Does anyone have a good guide, or set of packages, to get this going in Ubuntu? I have tried a couple of guides and packages already, so please only suggest so

Does anyone have a good guide, or set of packages, to get this going in Ubuntu? I have tried a couple of guides and packages already, so please only suggest something if you know it works, I know how to google!

limpangel 14y ago
You can install it from this ppa https://launchpad.net/~hannes-janetzek/+archive/enlightenment-svn https://launchpad.net/~hannes-janetzek/+archive/enlightenmen... . $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hannes-janetzek/enlightenment-svn $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install e17 Logout and choose Enlightenment before login. Have fun!
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- buster 14y ago
  Also try out terminology, the new E17 terminal. It has an awesome look and feel. Once it supports tabs i'll use it fulltime :)
  - billiob 14y ago
    Thank you. It's on my TODO-list but not on top priority. I'm mostly working on compatibility issues these days. If you found some, please open a bug report or contact me about them.
    - buster 14y ago
      Oh great, one thing i noticed weeks ago (and apparently it's still behaving that way): When you maximise the terminal and mark everything with the mouse the CPU goes crazy. efreet_icon_cache is taking up 100% CPU and the laptop becomes very noisy.. I guess it's not supposed to take up all CPU for that good looking marked text thingy :)
      - billiob 14y ago
        I can reproduce your issue. Please don't mark everything with your mouse for the time being :)
        dhimes 14y ago
        I came here from google search for a problem- I missed HN the day this thread came on. I 'discovered' enlightenment last summer and found it to be a wonderful solution for my netbook. I was traveling alot and pretty much have my netbook as a full development 'travel rig.' The problem is that I want to have gnome installed side-by-side-- which seems to mean that the network manager (EConnMan I think you call it) doesn't work. I know there was a way to do it but I forgot (that's what brings me to this page). So, my comment: If this could sit easily and seamlessly next to gnome- that is, whatever hack is needed for EConnMan (and perhaps other 'gotchas') were built in as shortcuts, for example, I think you would win a lot of people over. It's excellent for being an out-of-the way work environment. I also think it helps show off the linux world when you can quickly and easily switch between work environments. My $0.02. EDIT: So I'm now logged in on E and obviously remembered the network hack: start nm-applet from the terminal. It will at least connect to a known network. EDIT #2: The only other issue I've had on the netbook is getting the control-bar-menu gizmo out of the way of the windows so I can use the screen real estate I have for my editors and such. You have to turn this on in settings.
  - cubancigar11 14y ago
    Is there a way to change the TERM variable. It is by default set to xterm, while it should be set to xterm-256color because it supports 256 colors.
    - billiob 14y ago
      It was doing more harm than good, but XTERM_256_COLORS is set to 1. I hope we'll change TERM to xterm-256color soon.
  - jrogers65 14y ago
    Just tried this out and all I can say is WOW. Extremely fast, responsive and more eye candy than any other terminal emulator I've seen. Could this be the year of the E17 desktop?
    - freehunter 14y ago
      I've never understood why Ubuntu takes a couple seconds to open a terminal window. I don't have a fast computer, but... it's a terminal window.
      - jeremyjh 14y ago
        Could it be your .rc files?
        freehunter 14y ago
        .rc files are default. Unless the defaults are what make it slow?
        terminus 14y ago
        Or your .bash_history might be very large.
      - buster 14y ago
        Try some lightweight terminal like sakura (my current preference) :)
Lerc 14y ago
I just went through http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=download http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=download Grabbed the EFL libs and did a bunch of tar -xzf , ./configure, make, sudo make install Then did the same for the tarball for the alpha. I had run various incarnations of e17 in the past which left a bit of odd setup. I removed ~/.e/e so I started with a fresh start on the alpha.

limpangel 14y ago

You can install it from this ppa https://launchpad.net/~hannes-janetzek/+archive/enlightenment-svn https://launchpad.net/~hannes-janetzek/+archive/enlightenmen... . $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hannes-janetzek/enlightenment-svn $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install e17 Logout and choose Enlightenment before login. Have fun!

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buster 14y ago
Also try out terminology, the new E17 terminal. It has an awesome look and feel. Once it supports tabs i'll use it fulltime :)
- billiob 14y ago
  Thank you. It's on my TODO-list but not on top priority. I'm mostly working on compatibility issues these days. If you found some, please open a bug report or contact me about them.
  - buster 14y ago
    Oh great, one thing i noticed weeks ago (and apparently it's still behaving that way): When you maximise the terminal and mark everything with the mouse the CPU goes crazy. efreet_icon_cache is taking up 100% CPU and the laptop becomes very noisy.. I guess it's not supposed to take up all CPU for that good looking marked text thingy :)
    - billiob 14y ago
      I can reproduce your issue. Please don't mark everything with your mouse for the time being :)
      - dhimes 14y ago
        I came here from google search for a problem- I missed HN the day this thread came on. I 'discovered' enlightenment last summer and found it to be a wonderful solution for my netbook. I was traveling alot and pretty much have my netbook as a full development 'travel rig.' The problem is that I want to have gnome installed side-by-side-- which seems to mean that the network manager (EConnMan I think you call it) doesn't work. I know there was a way to do it but I forgot (that's what brings me to this page). So, my comment: If this could sit easily and seamlessly next to gnome- that is, whatever hack is needed for EConnMan (and perhaps other 'gotchas') were built in as shortcuts, for example, I think you would win a lot of people over. It's excellent for being an out-of-the way work environment. I also think it helps show off the linux world when you can quickly and easily switch between work environments. My $0.02. EDIT: So I'm now logged in on E and obviously remembered the network hack: start nm-applet from the terminal. It will at least connect to a known network. EDIT #2: The only other issue I've had on the netbook is getting the control-bar-menu gizmo out of the way of the windows so I can use the screen real estate I have for my editors and such. You have to turn this on in settings.
- cubancigar11 14y ago
  Is there a way to change the TERM variable. It is by default set to xterm, while it should be set to xterm-256color because it supports 256 colors.
  - billiob 14y ago
    It was doing more harm than good, but XTERM_256_COLORS is set to 1. I hope we'll change TERM to xterm-256color soon.
- jrogers65 14y ago
  Just tried this out and all I can say is WOW. Extremely fast, responsive and more eye candy than any other terminal emulator I've seen. Could this be the year of the E17 desktop?
  - freehunter 14y ago
    I've never understood why Ubuntu takes a couple seconds to open a terminal window. I don't have a fast computer, but... it's a terminal window.
    - jeremyjh 14y ago
      Could it be your .rc files?
      - freehunter 14y ago
        .rc files are default. Unless the defaults are what make it slow?
        terminus 14y ago
        Or your .bash_history might be very large.
    - buster 14y ago
      Try some lightweight terminal like sakura (my current preference) :)

Lerc 14y ago

I just went through http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=download http://www.enlightenment.org/p.php?p=download Grabbed the EFL libs and did a bunch of tar -xzf , ./configure, make, sudo make install Then did the same for the tarball for the alpha. I had run various incarnations of e17 in the past which left a bit of odd setup. I removed ~/.e/e so I started with a fresh start on the alpha.