Moksha is a lightweight and highly configurable X11 window manager and desktop shell based on Enlightenment DR17. It is the default desktop of Bodhi Linux and combines traditional window management with a modular interface.
Moksha introduces several enhancements, such as many new features and two new modules, the integration of bug fixes and features from upcoming Enlightenment releases, and the elimination of incomplete or malfunctioning elements that were present in E17. Moksha can also provide window transparency, shadows and other compositing effects through an optional module using Picom.
Moksha is currently the default desktop on Bodhi Linux, but it is supported on all Linux-based platforms
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Minimalism – A default install of Moksha will run in less than 100 MB of RAM. That is less than most modern Windows Managers, not to mention complete Desktop Environments. But it doesn’t come at the expense of great looks or functionality.
- Highly configurable.
- Organize your tasks with virtual desktops.
- Gadgets – perform a wide variety of functions. Many display system information, such as battery level, time, or CPU frequency. Others allow you to interact with the system in some way, such as adjusting the volume or the screen brightness. Most gadgets allow multiple instances in different locations, for instance on a shelf as well as on the desktop.
- Provides shelves to house your gadgets and launchers – a convenient alternative to having them on the desktop (that is, most gadgets can be added to shelves). Shelves can be located anywhere on a border of your desktop, and you can have more than one shelf on a desktop as well as different shelves on different virtual desktops.
- Shading – an alternative for minimizing a window.
- Advanced desktop theming using Edje, with support for compatible Enlightenment themes.
- Modular architecture allowing additional desktop functionality through extensions.
- Optional Picom-based compositing for transparency, shadows and other visual effects.
- Desktop icons.
Website: www.bodhilinux.com/moksha-desktop
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Jeff Hoogland, Robert Wiley, Štefan Uram, Kai Huuhko, Daniel Rammelt, and the numerous authors of Enlightenment
License: BSD License
Moksha is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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A very interesting DE but it takes a while to get the hang of. It looks great without being resource hungry.