Installing Enlightenment 17 (E17/DR17)

To get the latest and greatest features, compile Enlightenment from source. The installation using binary RPMs is outlined below.

• go to this page and get the yum repository RPM for your distribution (for example, for Fedora Core 4, get dc-fc4-yum-repo-1.3-1.fc4.noarch.rpm)
• rpm -ivh dc-fc4-yum-repo-1.3-1.fc4.noarch.rpm
• yum install enlightenment

• run gnome-session-properties, and make sure that in the current session, your current window manager (metacity, for example) is not set to "restart", but to "normal" (change if necessary, and click "Apply")
• assuming your current window manager is metacity, run:
  rehash
  killall metacity; enlightenment &
• in gnome-session-properties, select "automatically save changes to session", exit, restart, and unselect it again
• test if Enlightenment comes up automatically by logging out, and starting X again
• gnome-session-properties is one of the worst programs out there, IMHO, in the end it may be easiest to edit your ~/.gnome2/session file (note the last line, num_clients = ...)

Configuring

some personal preferences:

• right-click the Enlightenment panel, and select "Configuration"
• set Shelf Size to 72 pixels, and Layout to "Left"
• left click on the desktop, and select Configuration -> Configuration Panel
• select "Mouse Cursor", "Advanced", "Use X Cursor", size 56 pixels

Just like in Enlightenment 16, you can make sure window size and position are remembered:

• do Alt+Right-click in a window, and select "Remember"
• then select "Size and Position" (for example) and click Ok

To modify the "dock" (e.g. to remove the battery icon):

• left click on the desktop, and select Configuration -> Configuration Panel
• scroll down to and click on "Modules"

A link to the Enlightenment User Guide.