It seems that almost all distros have now abandoned Enlightenment. I came back here, thinking, "It might be best to pay a few bucks, and go back to Elive." Unfortunately, the forum appears to be all but abandoned. I downloaded and installed Zeitgeist. The repositories don't work, so I can't add software, or update anything. Searching the forums gives me a couple alternaby Runaway1956 - [OLD] - Installed Mode
Have you installed the build-essential package, and it's dependencies? If your system doesn't have the kernel headers, the C compiler, and various other necessities, you are unable to build much of anything. You will have to enable some repositories, in addition to the defaults that are enabled with a fresh install. Google can help you to decide which repositories you WANT installeby Runaway1956 - [OLD] - Installed Mode
Debian itself is new to me. Your Elive caught my eye, though, and I tried it. Cool. Everything works nicely, and all the most important things are there. But, the story, and the kudos, don't stop there. My family is basically Microsoft oriented. The wife and kids have always been hesitant about experimenting with Linux, of any flavor. My youngest son (age 15) simply fell in loveby Runaway1956 - Good Experiencies