Carsten “Rasterman” Haitzler released Enlightenment 0.28 on Halloween, the first big update since 0.27 in early 2025.
What’s new
- Initial NetBSD support.
- A NetworkManager module for wired, wireless and VPN connections.
- Native PipeWire mixer support, with PulseAudio still supported.
- New window actions, better client-side decoration handling, display mode sorting, backlight filtering and window switching.
- Under the hood: better pixmap handling, X connection recovery and a cleaner nested Wayland shutdown. Both X11 and Wayland are still supported.
My take
Enlightenment is still the lightweight eye-candy option, and it’s great to see it moving again. NetBSD support is a nice nod to the BSD folks. I’m happy on Omarchy and Hyprland, but this one is worth a spin in a VM.
God Bless, and May the Source Be with You!
