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- PatrickFisher, on 10/12/2007, -23/+235How do I get a theme that makes Ubuntu look like Windows?
(I'm trying to see how many thumbs down I can get) - bigtomrodney, on 10/12/2007, -11/+80Why? There are plenty of far better themes available for Gnome and KDE. Use it for what it is. There are plenty of ways to beautify it without cloning another system.
- wheaty, on 10/12/2007, -10/+65Camouflage is fun. It's neat to trick someone into knowing how to use Linux.
- terminality, on 10/12/2007, -5/+45I'd block you linuxehater, but then I couldn't dig you down.
- drlha, on 10/12/2007, -6/+37"Camouflage is fun. It's neat to trick someone into knowing how to use Linux."
Trust me, no Mac user is going to be fooled by this for even a second. - bloodylip, on 10/12/2007, -1/+24IIRC, Gnome and KDE both come with various "Redmond" themes to look like the various Windows versions.
- Hemingrubbish, on 10/12/2007, -15/+36@ linuxehater - quite sad that you just made a profile to make that comment... :/
- iainc, on 10/12/2007, -15/+36@linuxehater:
Oh please grow up you moron. - kingace, on 10/12/2007, -5/+24What are some other good Gnome themes?
- drlha, on 10/12/2007, -7/+24I know I'll get dugg down for this, but why does the obvious violation of copyrighted images (Mac OS X icons, Apple logos) and general ripping off of another OS's look and feel deserve credit? I'm sure this person is talented, but they really should be putting their efforts into making Ubuntu as unique and user friendly as possible rather than just making it a Mock-Mac.
- kingace, on 10/12/2007, -5/+18This is a great guide, but it's so old its not even funny. The author says herself that she won't update or work on the guide anymore. It was even dugg a while ago:
http://digg.com/linux_unix/How_To_Make_Ubuntu_look_like_OSX
As a side note, this video shows what this looks like as a final product, with XGL running as well. Pretty sexy.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRe0xXvHtFs&NR - gonedig, on 10/12/2007, -0/+12Just to add my 5 cents since I'm the guy who actually made the GTK theme in question here.
To you people that says "why bother buy a mac", I have a mac (actually two), and run linux besides OSX. Linux have its advantages, OSX have others. I appreciate the both and use them equally often. I just professionally need linux more than OSX. So this is not the point here at all.
OSX looks (and behaves great) but its inconsistent. Gnome with AIGLX and beryl looks almost as good and behave even better, and it feels a lot different than osx, but it was never my intention to clone OSX in details, just to make Gnome slightly resemble OSX.
It works well if you switch often between osx and linux, it's great if you have older hardware, or just if you want minimalistic and good looking environment and linux is your only os. Why should I have to be stuck with default themes or with some terrible "originals" when I could just made a theme to my liking. This is the whole point of running linux. You build what you need/want if you are able to do it.
So, here is the reason why I did this theme and why you should use it: It's because you can. Or you don't use it if you dislike it. But you don't disqualify it with childish arguments.
Cheers, - 98acura, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1348 diggs, and its down... I think they need to worry about modding their server
- rarkai, on 10/12/2007, -1/+11http://duggmirror.com
- neuros, on 10/12/2007, -2/+13@ PatrickFisher
more importantly, how do I make windows look like linux? =D - Phocion55, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12I highly suggest that people refrain from combining Ubuntu with Mac in any way, shape, or form.
It could create some sort of super-fanboy that won't be able to be stopped by conventional methods. - Lorian, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10If you just Ctrl+Alt+F2, you can press Alt+F7 to get back to X.
- DCMacHead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10How do I make it look like DOS?
- Keropipi, on 10/12/2007, -10/+20or you could run windows like many of the Mac users I see on campus nowadays
hard not to laugh at the irony - kerrle, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8I would argue that this particular walkthrough doesn't necessarily deserve any attention.
For a real mac-like desktop, you'd need global menus and a dock. There's now a patch for Gnome that enables global menus. As for the dock, Kiba dock can do the realtime icon zooming, and can be colored to look pretty much identical to the OSX variant.
To get the drop shadows, transparency, and accelerated desktop, a recent version of Compiz with Wobbly windows and other effects turned off would suffice.
In addition to that, their actual GTK theme and font choices don't particularly look mac-like to me. A style like Glossy P would be closer, with Helvetica or another good sans-serif font.
Additionally, that walkthrough leaves a taskbar on the panel, and Mac's don't have a taskbar.
I'm not even a big fan of trying to mimic other desktops - I'm just saying this could be done much better. - G33k0ft3chz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Hey you just named Microsoft's inside slogan!
- bdrydyk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I think for a lot of people this is more like putting makeup on the incredibly intelligent, but nerdy, scientist girl.
- archiesteel, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10"And if you want your OS to look like another OS so badly, why not just use the other OS?"
What do you care? No, really?
For some people, Linux has non-cosmetic advantages over OSX. If someone wants their OS to look just a certain way, who are you to tell them they shouldn't? - G33k0ft3chz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6Like crap, much like what Vista looks right about now.
- Brutal, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10This looks nothing like OS X
- totorototoro, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6How about designing an Ubuntu interface that takes advantage of all that Ubuntu has to offer above and beyond what other OS's do, whatever it is that makes Ubuntu unique? A new coat of someone else's paint isn't really the answer.
- Synchro, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11You can dress up the town whore, but that still doesn't mean you want to take her home to mom.
- Terc, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5Too bad it looks like Jaguar, I bet most people want the Tiger look.
- trylleklovn, on 10/12/2007, -6/+11And this doesn't even look like OS X.
- kerrle, on 10/12/2007, -4/+9@kingace:
I'm partial to some of the Murrine engine themes out there:
http://cimi.netsons.org/pages/murrine.php - archiesteel, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Use of an apple logo is more of a trademark issue than a copyright one.
If you're going to be anal about IP laws, you should start by actually learning what they are. You can do that just after you send a message to Apple to warn them of this grave abuse of their intellectual property.
*rolls eyes* - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6http://cachebin.com/?http://www.taimila.com/ubuntuosx.php
- drlha, on 10/12/2007, -10/+14Is it worth $599, because thats how much you can get a Mac for, not $2000.
- shakin, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I have never understood the mentality of some Linux users who like their desktop to look like a Mac. I guess it's an alright exercise to see how far you can modify Linux, but it has little practical application. Beryl already looks better than OS X. Many standard KDE and Gnome themes look great. Use one of them and you'll be very happy.
- picciano, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I'm sorry, but both Ubuntu and Mac OS X are both beautiful in their own respect. This attempt, although well meaning, comes up far shorter than either.
- dDuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4"Completely mod Ubuntu to look like OS X"
I run both Ubuntu and OS X, and I love them both for different reasons. I like Ubuntu for being open source and having so many cool --free-- (legal) programs on it, and I run XGL/Beryl for really nice effects and original themes, themes which do not mimic any other OS than GNU/Linux. I run OS X so I can run Photoshop | Logic Audio | VST/Audio Units | Reason etc... Basically work programs, programs which unfortunately are simply not available under Linux. I also think OS X Is an incredible OS very solid and beautiful.
Do I want my Ubuntu to look like OS X? No! And it isn't because I have OS X, it's because Ubuntu is not OS X, I want Ubuntu to feel different, customize yes, copy no - end of story. Fortunately, without a shred of doubt, this is nothing like OS X whatsoever nor should it be. It looks like OS X's ugly sister!
Dugg down, Ubuntu should be celebrated for being different, not for trying to mimic the look of another OS. - samuelcotterall, on 10/12/2007, -3/+7It doesn't matter how you make Gnome look. It's still Linux.
Don't get me wrong: I love Linux, it got me through five years before I switched to a Mac, but at the end of the day... OSX isn't all about the Aqua interface.
I can see two types of people using this: a) Mac users that, for some reason, have to use or want to use a PC, and want a more seamless interface (I can see why... I always made Gnome more Windows like in the past. Or b) people who really really want a Mac, but don't have the money to switch yet.
I'd have stuck with Linux if it ran Photoshop and Apple's iTunes and iLife suite. For me, the Mac encompasses the every-day functionality of a Windows machine with the robust back end of a UNIX based OS. I have never really felt the need to make it look like another OS. - AICkieran, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3As the person above said its about choice, Also every UI copies in some way or another, hell the only thing ive seen that's semi-unique in recent years in SymphanyOS and people bitched about that when the creator requested donations to be able to support it properly.
The truth is not many people innovate when it comes to GUI's (and by innovate i dont mean silly little drop shadows and reflections everywhere or bouncy windows).
I personally find the OS X interface annoying (without quicksilver and Dockextender i couldn't use os x) but many don't.
So i don't really see how you can celebrate things being 'different' when about the only differences are program launchers and menu bars, the concepts are still the same and will remain that way for some time, there will always be some 'copying' going on in some way or another.
Just my 2 cents - AICkieran, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4http://www.ubuntu.com/products/GetUbuntu/
Ubuntu runs great on PPC macs aswell :-) - eatporktoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3is it sad that i took that as a RAM joke?
- capitapf, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4"It doesn't matter how you make Gnome look. It's still Linux."
no, its still gnome (not linux). - BrianEnigma, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3But the max/min/close buttons are still in the upper-right of the windows. That would keep tripping me up because I'm always flipping back and forth between OS X and a Linux PC. It took me a while to find a really good KDE theme that gets these window decorations correct.
- thunderer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2There are legitimate reasons to emulate another OS's gui.
I modded windows to look as closely to mac as possible about a year and a half ago, but that was mainly so I'd already be part-way transitioned while I saved up for my current iMac G5. - BlackAdderIII, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Because moving to something which provides a subset of GNU/Linux functionality with reduced performance, just to get a GUI would not be what many people would want.
That's just if you *weren't* paying lots of money for the privilege.
For me, the indisputably wonderful mac gui design just wouldn't outweigh the benefits, and for some people when they get a new mac, installing Linux is task 2 after binning the crappy apple mouse. :-) - drlha, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Sure, average the two more expensive Macs. Why not average the Mac Mini ($599) and the MacBook($1099), then the average price of a Mac is $849. Your argument makes no sense whatsoever!
- olival, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4hmmm... i wonder how the next Microsoft Novell SUSE Linux will look with the Aero interface . . . ;-)
- dDuk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'm not gonna argue with choice, freedom is a fundamental right, but I personally think this is not worth the interest it's getting. Linux is a powerful and evolving OS, let's not pretend it''s just an OS trying to copy the eye candy on offer from OS X (Linux has its own eye candy now anyway). If the ignora... err sorry, m-i-s-informed masses see that gnome-look has an OS X theme as it's number 1 download they're just gonna think it's cause people using Linux want a Mac, which just ain't true. Borrowing concepts is perfectly acceptable, borrowing logo's and wallpapers is plain cheap. Linux is better than this! It needs to be popularized with choice yes, but also with some distinction, some separation.
- rusty0101, on 10/12/2007, -2/+4neuros, put an ubuntu 6.10 boot cd in it the cd-rom drive, and cycle power. Sure you end up with a few things that look different, and well seem broken as well. That's nothing really unusual under windwos though.
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