Linux: The Ultimate Guide

Welcome Screen of LXQt.
The first window of the LXQt appears as
LXQt Desktop.

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ENLIGHTENMENT DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT
Light, also known as E, is a compact window manager for the X Window 
System. From version 20, Enlightenment is also the creator of Wayland. 
Light developers have dubbed it the “real eye candy window manager.” 
Enlightenment includes image shell rendering functions and can be used 
in conjunction with programs written for GNOME or KDE. Used in con-
junction with the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries (EFL), Lighting 
can refer to the entire desktop area.
History
Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) released the first edition of Enlightenment 
in 1997. The 0.17 version, also called the E17, was upgraded for 12 years 
from December 2000 until December 21, 2012, when it was officially 
released. During development it was also renamed as DR17 (Development 
Release 17). It was completely reprinted on DR16 and designed to be a 
complete desktop shell, based on the new Enlightenment Foundation 
Libraries (EFL). The E16 is in active development outside of the E17, reach-
ing a record 1.0 in 2009 (1.0.23 from 2021). Bodhi Linux was built next to 
the Enlightenment 17 desktop, but put it on a fork to build a Moksha desk-
top. Elive Linux also used the E17 fork as its primary desktop until 2019, 
when the 3.7 series was built. The current version is E25.
Version
Here is the list of versions of the enlightenment desktop environment with 
its features as given below,
E16
E16 provides features that allow users to create a grid of workspaces known 
as “virtual desktops.” It allows switching between them, which is achieved 
by hurling the mouse cursor. You can have up to 8 
× 8 desktops in a single 
grid, and up to 32 grids are possible, making 2,048 possible workspaces. 
You can enable a sort of “map” of the desktops, called the pager if they get 
lost. It also provides the ability to put windows in groups “iconification,” 
which is similar to minimizing but the windows are stored in “iconboxes” 
that can be moved, the ability to change the type of or remove altogether 
the borders and title bars, advanced keybinding settings to allow the use 
of Enlightenment solely with a keyboard a compositor with effects such as 
fading and transparency.

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E17
The E17 has many key features such as the following:
1. It has a full theme, in both a menu-based and a command line that 
changes the visual theme
2. Built-in file manager
3. Thumbnails on desktop
4. The visible desktop grid feature
5. One or more shelves for handling gadget placement and on-screen 
appearance
6. Animated, interactive desktop background, menu items, iBar items, 
and desktop widgets are all possible
7. Window blurring, thumbnails, enlargement, and attachment settings
8. Customized key binding
9. Foreign trade support
10. Level: supports all required standards (NetWM, ICCCM, XDG, and 
more)
E21
1. Wayland support has dramatically improved
2. New gadget infrastructure
3. Wizard development
4. In the background of the video
E22
1. Wayland’s support has dramatically improved.
2. Development of new gadget infrastructure
3. Added sudo / ssh askpass utility GUI
4. Meson building system

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5. Tile policy development
6. Integrated volume controls per window
E23
1. New decorated screen option
2. Meson now builds a building program.
3. Music Control supports rage MPRIS dbus protocol
4. Add Bluez5 support with a new module and completely redesigned 
gadget
5. Add dpms option to close or unlock it
6. Alt-tab window switch allows windows to move while alt 
configuration
7. Multiple bug fixes include alerts, etc.
8. Significant improvements in Wayland support
INSTALLING ENLIGHTENMENT ON UBUNTU
Run the following command to install LXQt desktop given below.
$ sudo apt-get install enlightenment
After installation, reboot your Ubuntu system. Select desktop session as 
LXQt Desktop. The first window of the LXQt will appear as