The other day I wanted to try E17 on my laptop. There is a very easy script for this called easy_e17.sh

You can find it by using Google.

Its sortof like Gargnome or Klolforgotthename. It just grabs all the EFL and E applications from SVN and compiles them for you. Now, the interesting bit would be to adapt it to maemo.

You can also use Elive, an Enlightenment Live CD. This gives you at least an impression of what E is capable capable of.