Well, back 10 years ago when Gentoo worked like Ubuntu does now except it was n^2 slower and came with 3 difficulty modes for installation, e16 was the bee's knees window manager. You could edit your own GUI menus by configuring a text file! everything was infinitely customizable. EVERYTHING. not to mention having transparent eterms with really cool backgrounds. In this context, e17 was the shang-ri-la of desktop environments and also perpetual vaporware. I looked forward to e17 for years but they never seemed to make progress. Just a screenshot here and there, tantalizing us. then Compiz came out and I forgot about it completely. The allure has to do with the fact that it had great potential and it was being made by uncompromising perfectionists. Like the novel that the fans were begging to be released but the Author refused because it wasn't quite perfect yet. Well now, after so many years, the progenitor is ready to reveal the creation. I am ready to see the vision.