How to Install Enlightenment 0.20.9 Desktop Environment on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS),  Linux Mint 18 sarah, Linux Mint 17.1, Linux Mint 17.2, Linux Mint 17.3 and other Ubuntu derivative systems

Enlightenment is a window manager compatible with the X Window System (X11) and many Linux operating systems. Some will prefer to call it a desktop environment. While Enlightenment is one of those lightweight desktop environments for Linux/UNIX systems, it brings modern features, eye-candy components, and futuristic elements.

It can be used as window manager
Although it can be used as a replacement for any other desktop environment, some of you might find Enlightenment weird, especially because of its overall functionality. It features a dock that gives users quick access to all four virtual desktops, and a left click main menu from where you can easily access your installed apps, navigate the Desktop and Home folders, as well as the entire root filesystem.


It’s configuration is quite simple
Linux users can use Enlightenment on a daily basis, for any type of activity. It’s configuration is quite simple, it is constantly updated with new features and functionality, and supported by an entire community of loyal, dedicated and passionate users. Another interesting feature is the ability to navigate the virtual desktop using mouse gestures, which might come in handy for some of you, but very annoying for other Linux users who are not used with this type of functionality.

What’s new in Enlightenment 0.20.9

• e start – no it doesny need dbus-launch
• e – suspend.hibernat intelligently – dont account for ac power
• stop filling logs with buffer transform/scale spam
• change ‘if’ clause to make gcc-6 happy
• enlightenment_open: correctly return the exist status code of the executed command
• just a small patch to make sure evry_hide does not get called synchronously from an Evry_Action
• Updating italian translation
• remove pulse sinks/sources from list before running cbs which access the list
• fix e_place_zone_region_smart_cleanup()
• add client util function for detecting popups, block popups in ibar/tasks
• update README.wayland to include xwayland crash bug
• update client remember on opacity change
• use current zone for shelf config dialog
• set x11 maximized window hint correctly on resize end
• delete x11 mouse-in job when hiding the job’s client
• use current zone when activating a client’s menu with the mouse
• handle shaded state when receiving x11 configure requests
• only block mouse-out callback for wl action clients if the mouse is grabbed
• unset comp_grabbed flag before action client compositor ungrab
• force mouse-in again during comp ungrab if client previously had mouse-in

How to Install Enlightenment 0.20.9 on Ubuntu / Linux Miint :

To install Enlightenment 0.20.9 on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus, Ubuntu 15.10 wily werewolf, Ubuntu 15.04 vivid Vervet, ubuntu 14.10 Utopic Unicorn, Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr (LTS), Linux Mint 17.1, Linux Mint 17.2, Linux Mint 17.3 and other Ubuntu derivative systems, open a new Terminal window and bash (get it?) in the following commands:

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:enlightenment-git/ppa

$ sudo apt-get update

$ sudo apt-get install e20

After installation is completed, logout and choose enlightenment Desktop mode :


How to remove Enlightenment 0.20.9, do :

$ sudo apt-get remove e20