Enlightenment E17 is one of those window managers that once you use you won’t want to leave behind. Not only does it offer plenty of eye candy, it does so without sacrificing speed and usability (for a more in-depth introduction, take a look at my article “Get to know Linux: Enlightenment“). Now, to be really [...]

Tags: E17, Enlightenment, menu editing
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software

If you’ve read enough of my articles here on Ghacks, then you know my favorite window manager is Enlightenment E17. If you haven’t read much about it, you can catch up with my article “Get to know Linux: Enlightenment“. Like any good window manager, Enlightenment is themeable. But Enlightenment E17 takes themeing a step further [...]

Tags: E17, e17 themes, e17 wallpaper, Enlightenment, themes
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

I have been recently covering various Linux desktops. So far you can read about Fluxbox, Xfce 4, Window Maker, and IceWM. I also touched on creating dropshadows with xcompmgr and transparent windows with transset. If you have been reading me long enough, then you know my favorite Linux desktop is the Enlightenment desktop. I have [...]

Tags: E17, Enlightenment, Linux, Window Manager
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

In my last post I instructed you how Adding dropshadows in Fluxbox with xcompmgr was easy to do.In this installment we are going to take this one step further and and transparencies – only this time we are going to do this in Enlightenment. Why Enlightenment? Besides being my favorite Linux window manager, it also [...]

Tags: E17, Enlightenment, Linux, transset, xcompmgr
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

Recently I installed the amazing desktop Elive Compiz. After getting it up and running I decided I needed to get some screencasts of the desktop in order to show off what it could do. I thought the task would be simple. It wasn’t. Although there are plenty of applications to handle capturing videos of a [...]

Tags: Debian, elive, Elive Compiz, Enlightenment, gtk-recordmydesktop, screen casts
Categories: Advice, Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tools, Tutorials Basic

If you’ve been reading me long enough you know I am a fan of Enlightenment. I’ve always loved the melding of a clean desktop and all of the eye candy you could want. But recently I came across something quite special. The developers of Elive have pushed the boundaries of the desktop beyond anything I [...]

Tags: Compiz, Coolest Desktop, E17, Ecomorph, Elive Compiz, Enlightenment, Linux, linux desktop, unetbootin
Categories: Linux, Operating Systems

I bet you didn’t know that you could change the placement of your Enlightenment titlebars. Although not necessarily pracitical, it does make for some impressive desktops, and it allows you to quickly differentiate between windows. Say, for example you have aterm and rxvt both open and are using one for admin work and one for [...]

Tags: Chromium Noise, desktop, E16, Enlightenment, Linux, verticle titlebars
Categories: Desktop Manager, Linux, Open Source, Tutorials Basic, software