{"id":4164,"date":"2026-11-02T00:00:52","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T00:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/enlightenment-0-28-released-with-improved-networking-support\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T00:00:52","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T00:00:52","slug":"enlightenment-0-28-released-with-improved-networking-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/enlightenment-0-28-released-with-improved-networking-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Enlightenment 0.28 Released with Improved Networking Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enlightenment 0.28 is out, marking the desktop environment\u2019s first major release since early 2025. The update brings a lengthy list of improvements to networking, audio, usability and hardware support, along with many bug fixes.<\/p>\n<p>A new Network Manager module lets users manage wireless, wired and Bluetooth connections, as well as VPNs. It also displays connection details such as signal strength and security.<\/p>\n<p>For audio, the release adds a native PipeWire mixer alongside the existing PulseAudio mixer. Mixer controls can now cycle through audio sinks and switch output devices.<\/p>\n<p>A built-in clipboard history module keeps a semi-persistent record of copied items. Users can choose what to track, how long to keep it, whether it should carry over between sessions, and when to clear it.<\/p>\n<p>The update also improves support for portable devices, including battery charge limits to help protect battery health, kernel-provided ACPI CPU power profiles, and more frequent resource polling.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes include fixes and refinements to window management, pointer handling, focus selection, and monitor DDC and EDID detection. Support for per-desktop and per-screen profiles has been removed.<\/p>\n<h2>Installing Enlightenment 0.28 on Ubuntu<\/h2>\n<p>You can <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.enlightenment.org\/news\/2026-10-31-enlightenment-0.28.0\">download the source code<\/a> and build the release manually. Enlightenment 0.28 requires EFL 1.29.0 or later, which must also be built.<\/p>\n<p>Ubuntu 26.04 includes an older Enlightenment version in its software archives, available through <code>apt<\/code>. For those who prefer not to build from source, scripts are available for several Ubuntu releases:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ubuntu 26.04 LTS: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/batden\/eeminent\">eeminent<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/batden\/equivoke\">equivoke<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/batden\/elluminate\">elluminate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Enlightenment is a modular desktop environment built with the Enlightenment Foundation Libraries. 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