Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 4th Jul 2007 23:11 UTC
"The latest release candidate for eComStation has been released and it has some new interesting features as well. We wanted to take a look at it to see how easy it is to install. Why? Well, for many users the installation procedure has been and still is a painfull chapter when it comes to OS2 and eComStation. So in this article we will primarily focus on how easy this RC1 release installs on various pieces of hardware."
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RE[2]: This could be a great alternative OS
by rcsteiner on Fri 6th Jul 2007 02:57
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RE[2]: This could be a great alternative OS
by twenex on Fri 6th Jul 2007 09:13
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The trouble with skinless UI's is, eventually they look bloody awful - OS/2, AmigaOS, AtariTOS...if they had been built in the seventies they would still be wearing brown and orange suits, bell-bottoms, and huge brown glasses if they need them.
I can't agree with your view on Ubuntu, either; I think the theme is bloody awful. Though I'm not too impressed with Gtk in general - the only Gtk theme I can think of that i don't detest is the one I use with XFce, the name of which I unfortunately can't remember 'cos I'm nowhere near my XFce machine. But heck, for all I know in a few years OSX might look dated.
OTOH I do agree with you on NeXTstep.
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I absolutely disagree. I don't give a damn about skins and themes and I consider that most of the modern ones are hideously ugly. They look like they were designed by 17 year old boys with the sophisticated aesthetic sense of a colourblind infant.
Most OSs and applications with skins look like horrible. There have been one or two good ones - Ubuntu's "human" theme is OK, Red Hat's "Bluecurve" was quite attractive. However, the only OSs which manage to look attractive are those which have no themes support and compel users to accept the professional look and feel the OS shipped with. Original BeOS was good; Zeta (I judge only from screenshots, it won't boot on anything I own) is tacky.
The best-looking OS of all time remains original NeXTstep.
Down with themes, down with skins. Compel all apps to a single unified look and feel and absolutely prevent users from changing it.
That's my £0.02's worth. :¬)