Introduction
Enlightenment is simply put, beautiful. Not too heavy on the eye candy. Nor too light on ergonomics and function, Enlightenment is a blend of speed, efficiency, and end-user pleasure. Enlightenment provides an advanced end-user experience through the Enlightenment Window Manager and the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries.

A quick history ...
The Enlightenment Window Manager (DR16) was first released in 1997 by Carsten "Rasterman" Haitzler, revolutionizing the face of desktops for UNIX, Linux, and beyond. Featuring a more graphically stimulating enviroment than previously seen on a conventional desktop, Enlightenment is often emulated as it drives graphical appeal on desktops everywhere.

E17
E17 (DR17) is the next-generation window manager for Enlightenment. It does not use any advanced X extensions central to some new X servers as it strives to be backwards compatible to all X servers, even on older hardware. E17 is designed to function on small, limited processing power devices as well as the most powerful of modern systems. Neither is E17 the leanest nor fastest window manager, instead striving to maintain a balance between speed, footprint, and interface elegance.

Libraries
Through the development of the DR17 Desktop Shell (E17), the Enlightenment development team headed by Carsten "Rasterman" Haitzler, has created an entirely new set of libraries and tools which provide more power and flexibility than any other group of graphical libraries available. Collectively these are referred to as The Enlightenment Foundation Libraries. It is the goal of the developers to offer libraries that are extremely easy to use and optimized, saving development time and effort while improving the end-user experience with a powerful thematic, integrated interface. The end result is an incredible, growing suite of tools and applications.

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