Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> reaches 0.27, continuing its quiet but persistent journey<br>An elder returns, for those still seeking it<br>Enlightenment is one of the granddaddies of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/desktops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desktops</span></a>, and after a couple of years, has a shiny new release.<br>First release was way back in 1997, Development Release 16 appeared in 1999, followed by a 13yr hiatus. That version, known as 0.16 or <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DR16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DR16</span></a>, is still maintained: it's now called <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/E16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E16</span></a>, and version 1.0.30 was released on August 10, 2024. <br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/enlightenment_reaches_027/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/01/28/enl</span><span class="invisible">ightenment_reaches_027/</span></a></p>