Elbuntu - The Next Stage?

[Mochabuntu]

Hi all

Just wondering what you all thought of this project: Elbuntu (http://e17blog.tuxfamily.org/elbuntu.php/)

I myself would be very interested. Just thought I'd ask the boards.

[ryanVickers]

It's another branch, using the "enlightenment" DE instead of gnome or KDE, etc.

I think it may become "popular", but it probably won't become a norm anytime soon, and even when it reaches it's peak, i think there will till be more KDE users than E17 :p
(not to put it down, I just can't see it taking off... perhaps it will inspire something better though...)

[Mochabuntu]

i agree

e17 sounds and looks good (on a desktop mind, my experience with it on a laptop is shoddy at best) but since it seems to be in a perpetual beta phase it's difficult to see it in a mainstream distro anytime soon.

I just saw the OzOS variant too which looks interesting. Another branch of e17 distro but it looks a slight bit cleaner than Elbuntu.

e17 sparks my curiousity because I am one of these people that detests "taskbars " or "docks" on my desktop. I like the idea that e17 can just be a clean empty desktop until you click on it. I also like it because it tends to infuriate any windows only snoopers who just see an "empty" desktop.

any other WM's anyone can recommend? I've used KDE, GNOME, XFCE, and e17. Running vanilla Gutsy Gibbon at the moment with GNOME but like I said, the reliance on taskbars annoys me. I want to break free from this "windows" (i say this because it's mostly associated with windows even though I think MS did copy it from X).

[worldwithoutgurus]

I've been using E17 cvs for years. Don't be fooled by the 'beta' thing: E17 is perfectly suitable for every day use... as long as you stick with cvs.

Try easy_E17.sh or - if you can read french :) - check out my method:
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/pinguSODalon/Compilation_E17.html

French forum thread:
http://forum.ubuntu-fr.org/viewtopic.php?id=182391

My favorite 'enlightened' desktop *hands down* is Ubuntu Studio + E17... Give it a spin !

[Mochabuntu]

i'm not really a fan of cvs...my experiences with it have been rather shaky for the most part. and i tend to like stability over bleeding edge. i will keep it in mind though, thanks

however, i have been looking for some ISO's of Ubuntu Studio for someone to mail me. I'm into media creation and editing a lot and I like the idea of a dedicated Ubuntu distro for that purpose. Any help on that front?:guitar:

Unfortunately my french is...well lets just say "oui" is about the best I can do, and I even mess that up 9 times out of 10 :lolflag:

[DJiNN]

I've also had problems with cvs e17. Installed it and it caused all sorts of problems, resulting in a complete re-install which, as it happens, turned out to be a good thing anyway. :)

But now i'm more than wary! :) e17 does look good though, and i'm currently installing OzOs, which uses e17, and looks rather good.

[Rui Pais]

i'm not really a fan of cvs...my experiences with it have been rather shaky for the most part. and i tend to like stability over bleeding edge. i will keep it in mind though, thanks

however, i have been looking for some ISO's of Ubuntu Studio for someone to mail me. I'm into media creation and editing a lot and I like the idea of a dedicated Ubuntu distro for that purpose. Any help on that front?:guitar:

Unfortunately my french is...well lets just say "oui" is about the best I can do, and I even mess that up 9 times out of 10 :lolflag:

Well compiling from cvs can be as easy as simple apt-get :)

Just check my how-to on my signature:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=546746

You just add a repo to your sources and do:
sudo apt-get install e17-cvs
wait till finish and login to your new e!7 :)

My package install all need for cvs compilation, downloads code, compile install and configure all for you.

You can do it in any Debian based distro (Ubuntu studio included) it's very well tested (it's the core of OzOS in fact).

Or you can try OzOS and just install tools need for media creation since OzOS uses Ubuntu reportories.
Manual install:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=623803&goto=newpost
Iso:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=677962

[r4ik]

I added E17 using the script it worked wonderful.
Thanks !

:popcorn:

[ryanVickers]

My favorite 'enlightened' desktop *hands down* is Ubuntu Studio + E17... Give it a spin !

My favorite "enlightened" desktop is Mac OS X ;)
Remember that old slogan they had for Tiger; "What do you do when you reach enlightenment? You keep going"... or something like that :p

[Mochabuntu]

unfortunately i am not fashionable enough to own a Mac (wish I was, because the idea of a unix based system that can game is very tempting...plus I'm one of the "poor" :KS )

i was just looking at the easy_e17.sh script and am thinking of running it via Rui's apt-get. But I'm running a bare bones system at the moment (read, no updates clean install) so will I have any issues?

[Mochabuntu]

just installed e17 via Rui's script in apt and I have to say this is exactly what I hoped for. I have the desktop I want (well sort of, still need to work on making my own backgrounds and what-not) and the completely clean look is just awesome. I think i'm in love. Now to pray that this version from CVS fails to act like it's predecessors did.

Now to get this same effect on Windows (don't shoot me, I was requested to have a go by a friend because they too like this look) and I think i can get it using Litestep.

[Rui Pais]

just installed e17 via Rui's script in apt and I have to say this is exactly what I hoped for. I have the desktop I want (well sort of, still need to work on making my own backgrounds and what-not) and the completely clean look is just awesome. I think i'm in love. Now to pray that this version from CVS fails to act like it's predecessors did.

Glad to know you liked!

If you have any problems, give a post on my thread of e17 cvs.
Lately cvs code has been very stable (it's more a question of one left out bad broken things, precisely what my tunning package do)

Theres a minor bug now with auto-hide selfs sometimes not behave correctly (when more then one it's set...)
If you do not use that feature, no problem... other wise, cvs code allows to easily install a version of any past time (till 19/01/2008 that issue didn't exist)



Oh, and sorry for "spam" a little this thread. It starts as an Elbuntu thread.
Just post it, about my method, because elbuntu projects seems to be (regrettably) very little active these days, and since people mentioned e17 by CVS and it's usual difficulties..