Why I use the Enlightenment file manager on Linux: Why I use the Enlightenment file manager on Linux Seth Kenlon Wed, 12/07/2022 – 03:00 Computers are like filing cabinets, full of virtual folders and files waiting to be referenced, cross-referenced, edited, updated, saved, copied, moved, renamed, and organized. In this series, I’m taking a look …
London Design Biennale – how a forest in a courtyard is challenging the city’s Enlightenment principles: Somerset House is an example of enlightenment architecture, which precluded greenery which was believed to obscure its strong lines and go against 'reason'. Ed Reeve The art director of this year’s London Design Biennale, Es Devlin, intends to challenge …
Beethoven 250: how the composer’s music embodies the Enlightenment philosophy of freedom: Beethoven statue in Vienna, Austria. Mitzo/Shutterstock Freedom in Beethoven’s music takes many, frequently overlapping forms. There is heroic freedom in the Eroica (1803), freedom from political oppression in the Egmont Overture (1810), artistic freedom and innovation in the Ninth Symphony (1824). Today, Beethoven’s …
Modernize your Linux desktop with Enlightenment: One of Linux’s many advantages is its ability to install and run on old computers. What Linux can’t technically do is make an old computer’s hardware magically perform better. After all, the hardware is the same hardware as ever, and sometimes old hardware feels notably slow when processing modern …