Transform Ubuntu 12.04 Into Mac OS X Lion

http://sajithdilshan.github.com/blog/blog/2012/08/07/transform-ubuntu-12-dot-04-into-mac-os-x-lion/

by sajithdilshan • 14 years ago

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udp• 14 years ago

A theme for Ubuntu that makes it look a little bit like OS X.

Why is this on the HN front page? Why?

bertzzie5• 14 years ago

Is it usually that easy to do in Ubuntu (or Linux) in general? I think customization using CSS is really great. Maybe we could discuss that?

Sottilde• 14 years ago

I love it when the creators of complex systems use common and well-understood formats for configuration. The use of CSS for styling your window manager is genius and really speaks to their dedication to the project.

teffen2• 14 years ago

I really wish people would stop with knee-jerk reactions.

>> Why is this on the front page? I cannot possibly understand. The situation is truly beyond my comprehension.

The article demonstrates the malleability of Ubuntu's CSS theming system.

kapowaz2• 14 years ago

> The article demonstrates the malleability of Ubuntu's CSS theming system.

That doesn't make this newsworthy.

bertzzie5• 14 years ago

It's interesting to see Linux' customization power. It's not only look like a real OS X, it's also really easy to do. Can someone comment about the user experience? There should be many little things that's different between OS X and Ubuntu's experience right? I have not use OS X or Ubuntu much to comment, but if that's easy to change too, it will be a really interesting thing to see.

gavinh• 14 years ago

...why?

bertzzie5• 14 years ago

just to show off the power of customization in Ubuntu (or Linux in general)?

The GNOME-shell can be customized to behave like GNOME-2 to an extent. It might be interesting to see how far can we go...

bpierre2• 14 years ago

Interesting and ugly.

bertzzie5• 14 years ago

the customization is ugly?

bpierre2• 14 years ago

The possibilities of GTK theming are very interesting, but the result is ugly, it doesn’t fit. See:

http://f.cl.ly/items/3S033x090a370x1u0S3h/osx-ubuntu.png

http://f.cl.ly/items/0Y1H0X0l45272l2j401t/osx-ubuntu-2.png

http://f.cl.ly/items/1a3o1x2a0g0v161v062j/osx-ubuntu-3.png

lazydon• 14 years ago

thanks but no thanks

ranza• 14 years ago

I dont always use linux, but when i do i want it to look like something from the matrix

jamesu• 14 years ago

It might look a little bit like OS X Lion, but it's missing over 200 features which make Lion... Lion, not to mention it doesn't even run OSX apps!

xqyz• 14 years ago

It looks pretty much the same as these Mac Transformation Kits they had for Windows a few years back. Anybody who ever used a Mac can clearly see that this ain't it. IMHO it pretty clearly fails in delivering what it promised, but if you like this half-mac, half-unity style, I guess you might like this.

edtechdev• 14 years ago

Does it have the spinning rainbow of death?

Tyr42• 14 years ago

If it just had awesome trackpad support...

Transform Ubuntu 12.04 Into Mac OS X Lion

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