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:LinuxPlanet: Making GNOME Look Like OS X
LinuxPlanet: Making GNOME Look Like OS X
Apr 6, 2006, 19 :30 UTC (12 Talkback[s]) (11089 reads)

(Other stories by Jem Matzan)

"The GNOME desktop environment offers a wide variety of choices when it comes to cosmetics; you can make it look like practically anything. In its default condition, GNOME is highly usable, but perhaps a little bland. If you've always admired the Apple OS X desktop theme and layout but aren't ready to drop a load of cash on an Apple machine (or if you want to stick with free software), this article will show you how to make GNOME look and feel more like OS X, with some limitations.

"The first step toward OS X-ness is to change the icon, window border, and application control themes. There are several individual theme packages that meet these needs, and a few that try to do it all in one. I spent a few hours looking through the collections on art.gnome.org, gnome-look.org, and freshmeat.net's theme section and came up with what I thought was the best combination..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Good ... the "looks" part is covered. No ...   Functionality !   
linuxuser
Apr 6, 2006, 20:05:49
 
OK folks, Different strokes and all but  ...   Easier that THAT!   
UserEase
Apr 6, 2006, 23:19:14
 
One of the few things OS-X has going for ...   Re: Functionality ! WRONG   
Spud
Apr 6, 2006, 23:25:52
 
>> As for functionality, I see you don&# ...   Re: Re: Functionality ! WRONG   
linuxuser
Apr 7, 2006, 01:36:19
 
I just looked at Ubuntu.  It's nothi ...   Re: Re: Re: Functionality ! WRONG   
Chuck Davis
Apr 7, 2006, 04:24:33
 
I would expect more than just one screen ...   screenshots?   
Onan the Barbarian
Apr 7, 2006, 06:36:28
 
Ubuntu is in fact very similar to Fedora ...   Ubuntu traits   
Matthias Martin
Apr 7, 2006, 08:30:27
 
Sure, Ubuntu is good, but most of the th ...   Re: Easier that THAT!   
Uno Engborg
Apr 7, 2006, 10:56:35
 
"What is so special about Ubuntu that is ...   Re: Re: Re: Functionality ! WRONG   
brelic
Apr 7, 2006, 12:07:00
 
Forget MacOS, I need to customize Gnome  ...   w2k next   
James E LaBarre
Apr 7, 2006, 14:05:25
 
>> You don't get a mich mach of Gnom ...   Re: Re: Easier that THAT!   
linuxuser
Apr 7, 2006, 14:32:05
 
> Ubuntu is in fact very similar to Fedo ...   Re: Ubuntu traits   
k
Apr 9, 2006, 02:54:55
 
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