Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sat 16th Feb 2008 21:16 UTC, submitted by Vincent
"By popular demand, I decided to push the limits of Xfce's customisability even further. This time, I would make it look like Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. This task proved more difficult than trying to make it look like Windows Vista. Though I haven't achieved the same degree of perfection as I did when replicating Vista, I still think I came pretty close."
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RE: So, you can make linux look like Leopard
by ichi on Sun 17th Feb 2008 20:25
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RE[2]: So, you can make linux look like Leopard
by dbodner on Sun 17th Feb 2008 22:23
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What makes you think that anyone emulating the OSX (or Vista) look actually wants to emulate anything more than just the looks?
Exactly. Just because OSX has "limitations, lock in, and closed sourcedness" doesn't mean the UI can't be attractive to some people.
And, again, the point of these series is to show how flexible Xfce is, not to say "all linux users should emulate these environments".
RE: So, you can make linux look like Leopard
by tomcat on Sun 17th Feb 2008 23:32
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What does this get you really? Your desktop looks like the Leopard desktop, but it essentially stops there. I always thought that the majority of linux users considered the MacOS to be inferior because of its limitations, it's lock in, it's closed sourcedness. What's the point of emulating it?
Well, in theory, having a similar UI would make it easier for someone who's looking to migrate from OS X to Linux -- but doesn't necessarily want to abandon all visual aspects of Leopard.
RE[2]: So, you can make linux look like Leopard
by aesiamun on Mon 18th Feb 2008 01:33
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I still don't understand.
Here's a completely different version of the desktop you're used to, the keystrokes aren't the same, the menus aren't remotely similar, the applications aren't going to act like what you are used to...
but it'll be easier to move to linux!
I'm all for Linux trying to gain desktop momentum, but do it in a way that sets it apart from the others, not copying the look of another OS. GNOME and KDE have their own look and feel, sure they are similarities, but they aren't all that different that people will feel lost in the UI if they have used any other WIMP interface before. Copying another OS to a point where it looks almost exactly like it (while probably breaking a lot of copyright laws where applicable).
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What does this get you really? Your desktop looks like the Leopard desktop, but it essentially stops there.
I always thought that the majority of linux users considered the MacOS to be inferior because of its limitations, it's lock in, it's closed sourcedness. What's the point of emulating it? I wonder the same thing about part 1 where they emulated the look of Vista.
Yes GTK is flexible, yes XFCE is light weight, yes you can make it look like anything you want, but looks aren't everything.
*Added some more, cleaned up some text*
Edited 2008-02-17 20:07 UTC