Sponsor |  CastorQuinn | Jun 25, 2007 7:16pm | Yeah, I noticed that. There's a reason there are so many ways to make KDE look like OSX: OSX looks great. If you had OSX look with the functionality of Linux, that's a damn fine combo.
I hear there are major developments at the moment going on in the X11 project, looking at massively overhauling the code base to allow full transparency, new interaction methods, among a host of other things. Can't remember the name of the new modules, something Egyptian (Sahara maybe?). Haven't heard much about this in a while, though, and knowing X11.org it could have just stalled again. But once that comes in, all interfaces should be far more attractive, as well as being more functional. |
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|  Zephyr-The-Zeph | Jun 25, 2007 7:38pm | | I wouldn't be surprised. I would kinda hope for less resource usage, but functionality is important as well. |
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| | | crimesaucer | Jun 26, 2007 1:26am | "...There's a reason there are so many ways to make KDE look like OSX: OSX looks great..."
or maybe people have no originality. |
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Sponsor | | CastorQuinn | Jun 26, 2007 1:58am | Quite possibly, but it's my computer so I'm using an environment and a look that works for me, that I enjoy. Try not to forget that Linux is all about alternatives, choice and freedom. If your goal is to force people to use the system you personally use, you should be working for MicroSoft.
XFCE is a perfectly valid option. But as far as eye candy goes, Gnome and KDE offer prettier interfaces, in my opinion. Not better, just prettier. If you happen to think grey squares are prettier than shiny blue curves, then you're in luck, there's an interface that's perfect for you: XFCE.
Try not to take offence and start slagging off people who happen to use a different brand of Linux to you. You should be celebrating the variety of choices available to suit everyone - that is, after all, the whole point of Linux. |
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| | | crimesaucer | Jun 26, 2007 5:01am | Hey CastorQuinn...I was just joking...but if you really think Xfce is "just gray squares", then click my Avatar/Picture and take a look at my StumbleUpon Favorites page...I don't add articles to that page like most people, instead I use it as a place to showcase my xubuntu themes that I write, and link them to the downloads.
But really, I wouldn't want to force anybody to use Xfce, because we all know "it's Fail"...whatever that means.
...and I do embrace diversity...I just think the negativity started somewhere with the words "ugly" and "Fail"....and then turned into a vibe of "OSX theme" or nothing else at all...and to me, that seems more like the close minded vibe of Microsoft rather then my pride for a small independent OS... |
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Sponsor | | CastorQuinn | Jun 26, 2007 5:15am | Might be worth noticing that the person who introduced both "ugly" and "OS X" to this discussion was you. I just said it wasn't pretty enough for my tastes. And, nice as your themes are, they aren't pretty enough for my tastes. Sorry dude.
Viva le difference mate, and maybe choose your 'jokes' with a little more humour and a little less "insult everyone different to me". |
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| | | crimesaucer | Jun 26, 2007 6:20am | Well, the opposite of pretty is what word?
I might have been the first to actually say the word "ugly", but xfce being ugly was implied before I made my first comment, and then re-applied afterwards.
And yeah, I did mentioned OSX first...
To each their own...
and who f****** cares. |
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