Finishing Up and Starting Gnome

To start Gnome, you must edit the X startup files. Use the
/etc/X11/xinit/Xclients file to provide system-wide startup of X and
Gnome for all users. Copy the current Xclients file to a backup and use one
of the samples below for the new Xclients. Use or create the home directory
.Xclients file if you want individual user startup preference for X and
Gnome. The individual user .Xclients file overrides the system Xclients
file. If desired, create the user .Xclients file using one of the samples
below. Run startx from the command prompt after editing the
Xclients/.Xclients file(s). 
In the startup file use either the gnome-session command (which starts
enlightenment) or the panel command/enlightenment command.
Gnome-session is recommended because it has configurable startup
options. Gnome-session is also more memory intensive. The configuration
tool is in the control-center. The default session file is
/usr/share/default.session. The user session file is /.gnome/session. 
A sample startup Xclients or .Xclients file using gnome-session
follows:
#!/bin/bash
     gnome-session
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A sample startup Xclients or .Xclients file using the panel command
follows:
#!/bin/bash
     background-properties-capplet --init-session-settings &
     screensaver-properties-capplet --init-session-settings &
     panel &
     /usr/bin/enlightenment
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Start X and run the Gnome menu editor (Settings:Menu Editor) to fill out
Icons, add programs, and check sort order. 
Go to Settings:Desktop:Window Manger and configure enlightenment
Focus & Display, Special FX, Behavior, Desktops, Audio, Background,
Themes, etc.. 
Use the Enlightenment Help Button at the bottom of the screen (visible
with the ShinyMetal theme) for information about themes and toggling
desktop features 
Edit /usr/local/enlightenment/themes/DEFAULT/actionclasses.cfg to
setup up desktop buttons for themes like ShinyMetal. (starts about line
365). The default Clean theme does not have desktop buttons. 
Add applets as necessary to the Gnome panel 
Try downloading a few recently updated themes from http://e.themes.org.
Experiment and choose your preference. Create a directory for each theme
under /usr/share/enlightenment/themes (unless the tar file creates it's own
directory), and untar the theme archive in it's directory. The theme name is
the directory name for enlightenment startup purposes. 
       Cyrus Theme
       Complete set of backgrounds and buttons/sliding menus 
       Absolute E Theme
       Backgrounds and and single master button with sliding menus 
       AMC Theme
       Complete set of backgrounds and buttons