A developer fixed a 20-year-old bug in the Enlightenment E16 window manager that caused system freezes when opening specific PDF files. The issue stemmed from a flawed implementation of Newton's algorithm in the font cache handling within the imlib2 library. This demonstrates ongoing maintenance challenges in legacy open-source projects.
Background
Enlightenment E16 is a lightweight, customizable window manager for Linux/X11 first released in 1997, still maintained by a small community of enthusiasts despite newer versions being available.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Apr 15, 2026 at 01:32 PM
- Score
- 6.0 / 10