Mac4Lin Project hosted on Sourceforge.net

Hello, everybody. My Mac4Lin project is on Sourceforge.net! Its like a transformation pack for Linux to change the look and feel to Mac OS X. The project has been conceived on Ubuntu and GNOME. But it'll soon be tested on other distros and Unix-like OS which employ GTK+. Its in alpha version as of now. People who would like to test may please drop me a mail. Please leave your comments and suggestions regarding the project here, on my blog or on the project website. Feature requests and Bug tracking welcomed

Link to project: Mac4Lin on Sourceforge.net

Project Screenshots:
http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot1mc6.jpg
http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=screenshot3qo3.jpg

PS: I'm planning an icon, firefox skin update soon. The most prominent feature of the icon update will be Leopard like folder icons.

Updates screenshots:
http://img368.imageshack.us/my.php?image=2screenshotbc9.jpg
http://img517.imageshack.us/my.php?image=3screenshotpb2.jpg

That looks really good!

I may give it a go when I get a bit more adventurous (only been using Ubuntu for about 10 days).

Here is how you can get it more look a like to mac os x

http://www.taimila.com/?q=node/11

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=241868

Some help becouse Mac os X doesn't have application, places and system in the right upper corner

So you can implement this so it comes straight out of the box ^^

yeah the inspiration to emulate leopard game from tamilia's tiger guide. and i've included the gtk mac menu hack in the pack (just that i don't use it). do check it out. btw, this project is posted on ubuntuforums too

Looks pretty good!

thank you

Mac4Lin version 0.2 Released!

17th September 2007

I am happy to announce the version 0.2 release of the Mac4Lin Project. Version 0.1 alpha has received an overwhelming response. People have used and liked it and the downloads (as on this day) have touched about 6GB!!! Lots of comments/suggestions/bugs were received and I have tried to iron out all the bugs known till this day. This update also brings a whole lot of new things. See the changelog for changes.

Special thanks for Victor of vsdigital for provding the Firefox Safari Skin and thanks to everyone who tested the version 0.1 alpha. Because of all this I'm giving version 0.2 stable to this release. Keep visiting the project website for more updates.

Apply it, flaunt it, enjoy it!

Anirudh (a.k.a ANi, infra_red_dude)

For any suggestions/comments/complaints/feedback/bug tracking please drop by my blog or send a mail:

My Blog: http://phoenix-ani.blogspot.com/
My E-Mail id: infra_red_dude<DOT>users<DOT>sourceforge<DOT>net
Project Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac4lin
Screenshots: http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots...group_id=204373

Folks, got my GRE on 8th October. I gotta prep for it and also go thru all the universities' websites. Will be a bit busy. So, I may not be regular at the forums for the next one month. You may post your feedback either on my blog/project website/this thread or mail it to me. I'll look into it as soon as possible

changelog:
Mac4Lin version 0.2, 17/09/2007

Icon updates
New firefox skin by Victor of vsdigital
Mac OS System Sounds
New Grub Screens
More Leopardish Emerald theme
Simdock source tarball included
Leopard Dock AWN theme updated
OS X Fonts and font enhancing guide
More Leopardish GTK Metacity theme
One GTK Splash screen added
Updated Pidgin OSX Theme
Four new wallpapers added
Documentation (README) added for every component
GTK Mac Menu is not included in this pack as some users have reported some issues. If anybody wants to install this, it can be Downloaded from the ver.0.1alpha pack. The GTK Mac Menu package remains unchanged.

folks, yester the SF.net servers hosting the Mac4Lin project were excessively bombarded wid download requests! 19th Sept. 2007 witnessed the highest ever number of downloads on a single day - 386 and the total data served on a single day was 4GB!!!!! it has broken all records!

i've been observing an average of almost 1GB download per day. happy to see ppl making use of this project. combined downloads haf been about 1600 and a total of 13.2GB of data has been served till date. makes me really happy

update: Gnome panel backgrounds added, courtesy M.Lettner (lukeen @ gnome-look.org). Leopard like panel background haf been added to the project. It is available for download on the official project website as a separate file (Gnome_Panel-BG_Leopard.tar.gz).

am gonna stop posting about downloads coz its becoming a daily affair now!!! 20th sept. registered 491 downloads wid 4.2GB of data served. so in just 2 dayz the downloads haf crossed 8.2GB!!! whoa!! much beyond my expectation!!! thanks to everyone

ps: some users wid high resolutions laptop screens haf given the feedback that the battery icons are too small now. i'm working on that now. also haf a new black, bit sunken apple logo for the panel and a mac usplash theme in the pipeline (thanks to users who contributed to the project)

include an option to use tiger folder icons instead of the leopard ones... the new ones aint sooo popular for a good reason...

Glassed Silver:mbl

yes, its included in the icon pack. when you install the icons in ~/.icons/Leopard_Icons_v0.2 the Tiger folders are in the subfolder EXTRAS/Alternative Folders. you can just replace the leopard folder icons with Tiger ones

Hey folks this is the current development of Mac4Lin:







Some small but discernable changes in the screenshots. Spot them if you can. More changes under the hood. Just releasing a preview here

Mac4Lin version 0.3 Released!

24th October 2007

Mac4Lin is back! A new version, more changes, better looks and an overall more polished product. Please read changelog for information of changes in this version. It gives me immense pleasure to inform all that downloads have crossed 110 GB till date!

Mac4Lin now comes with a unified documentation in PDF format. Please go through this for illustrated installation instructions. Also some entities like GTK theme/Pidgin etc. now include two versions. Hence individual README files are only included if there is any need to convey release specific important information to the user which the generic documentation does not include. Read the README file for more details, in such cases.

With the release of GNOME 2.20, there have been issues reported with the Icon theme. Work is going on to make the theme compatible with GNOME 2.20 (found in OpenSUSE 10.3/Ubuntu 7.10 - Gusty etc.). There will be a separate release of Icon theme for GNOME 2.20. Users of this version can replace the original ver.0.3 Icon theme with the new one, which will be released soon after this release. GNOME version can be checked by clicking System Menu > About GNOME. Other components of this package are reported to work with GNOME 2.20. The installation of GTK Metacity theme and Cursors is almost same execpt that the Theme Manager in GNOME 2.20 has a new look.

Thanks to Victor Hugo Casals for the Safari skin, M.Lettner for the panel backgrounds, Calande for the font guide, Mitko for nm-applet icons, Vish for Grub and Buu700 for Usplash screens. I also thank all those who tested the pack and everyone who are directly or indirectly involved in this project.

Apply it, flaunt it, enjoy it!

Anirudh (a.k.a ANi, infra_red_dude)

For any suggestions/comments/complaints/feedback/bug tracking please drop a mail to: infra_red_dude.users@sourceforge.net

Project Website and Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac4lin

Screenshots:











PS: Keep checking this place. An Icon theme for GNOME 2.20 will soon be released.

Wow! Anything for KDE users?

^^^ Sorry not yet

looking good now

The icon theme for GNOME 2.20 (OpenSUSE 10.3, Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon etc.) is now ready. Working on the guide. Will be uploading both of them soon

Awesome about the update and did you know you got a nod at Lifehacker?
http://lifehacker.com/software/how-to/make...-mac-317110.php

Whoa! Thanks for letting me know.. I didn't know about it!!!

No, kde users suck jk

I think kde has alot of stuff default to make it look mac. last time i used it i think it had mac bars , so all it would need is a good theme and maybe some cool effects.

A new Icon theme for GNOME 2.20 and Mac4Lin Documentation Rev. 1.1 (PDF) which covers installation instructions for GNOME 2.20 have now been released!

Check them out at: http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdow...l_platform=4117

Plz report any bugs.

Today has been the day of highest downloads: 110GB and still counting..... Total downloads haf been over 580GB till this day! Over 46000 downloads haf been recorded!! I never imagined this project would scale such heights. I thank everyone for their support. Plz keep the suggestions/complaints/bugs/feedback flowing. It'll help in the betterment of this project

Wow very nice job I am impressed! Next time I go back to Linux I will definitely install this.

Typical Linux - cheap imitation with poor fit and finish

Yes, because a theme is the core of Linux; especially this one! Boy you sure got it spot on!
[/sarcasm]

I'll take it that you've never used Linux. And by use, I mean for more than a week.

I've never been much for OSX imitations on Linux but I am actually impressed by this. I was expecting something different but from your screenshots you've done very well and I may install this on my test box just to see this in action.

If only we cared...

i did just this. its pretty nice. i may ditch awn for slimdock though because awn is very slow for me for some reason. i also used xompmgr rather than compiz-fusion because im in no need of all the 'cool' stuff that gives you. my result is this. http://img61.imageshack.us/my.php?image=macwn8.png

Very nice.

I would suggest including the firefox widget controls that have been made to make firefox look nicer. I don't think any OSX ones exist (although I doubt they would be hard to come up with) but here is a screenshot of what they look like:

@rson451
Thats a sweet desktop

@h3xis
I'm not much into firefox themeing and stuff. Can you shed some light on it?

It's not really a theme; they're called "widgets." Apparently firefox uses a css file to display the appearance of buttons, listboxes, checkboxes, etc. A guy wrote a css to make the default ones look better, which are ugly as sin. I use a script that I've made myself to do the job for me (they're reset every time you update firefox) but I originally went by this site.

Mac4Lin reaches a new milestone!



Mac4Lin Downloads: 1 TeraByte (TB) and counting......

I wanna thank everyone for their support

your project also hit hotwoforge http://www.howtoforge.com/mac4lin_make_linux_look_like_a_mac . Congrats on this.

^^ yah thats actually the guide that i read. linked off of www.lifehacker.com. congrats

good work, when i get round to trying ubuntu again i'm going to give it a go.

Guys, Mac4Lin has been approved to be a contender for FOSS India awards. Here is the list of projects approved:
http://www.openitis.com/openitis/project.php

Mac4Lin is at listed at no. 27

Kindly post your comments in the link given below. It'll help Mac4Lin.
http://www.openitis.com/openitis/project_view.php?id=89

(Jus follow the link which reads: Click here to discuss or voice your opinion)

Nice work

Hey guys, Mac4Lin ver.0.4 is almost ready for release. Just a few little things to work on (some small inconsistencies, as it can be seen in screenshots below).

I'm releasing Version 0.4 preview here:

Mac4Lin version 0.4

18th December 2007

Your favorite Mac4Lin is back! A new version, more changes, better looks and an overall more polished product. Please read changelog for information of changes in this version. It gives me immense pleasure to inform all that downloads have crossed 2.6 TB till date!

Please go through the Documentation for illustrated installation instructions. Also some entities like GTK Metacity theme etc. now include two versions. Hence individual README files are included only if there is a need to convey release specific information which the generic documentation does not include. Please read the README file for more details in such cases.

Apply it, flaunt it, enjoy it!

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Mac4Lin has been approved to be a contender for FOSS awards. If you like this project then please post your comments and vote for it. Follow the link given below. It'll help Mac4Lin.

http://www.openitis.com/openitis/project_view.php?id=89

(Jus follow the link which reads: Click here to discuss or voice your opinion)

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Screenshots:











For any suggestions/comments/complaints/feedback/bug tracking please drop me a mail.

E-Mail: infra_red_dude.users@sourceforge.net
Project Website and Download: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac4lin

Anirudh (a.k.a infra_red_dude)

Very nice work, looking at the screenshots it looks very nice.
Keep the work up.

Hi !

Hey, I am getting a dumb problem... I'm using Ubuntu to test-drive your themes... But when I try to "install" the theme, it says "Theme correctly installed" but never show up in my themes window...

What has gone wrong ?

Thanks.

There isn't a perse theme, you must select Custom theme and select the items from his theme, like the icons, window decorations, engine, etc.

Yes you need to individually install each component. If thats not possible then just extract the individual .tar.gz files to their respective folders (gtk theme in ~/.themes, icons and cursors in ~/.icons, emerald theme in ~/.emerald/themes etc.)

One question - why? Just because it's possible? Why make one thing look like something else?
I'm not against it in any way, just wondering.

Pretty cool looking theme. How can I set it up to work on my 10 year old GNOME SuSE 10.3 box? Here are its specs: Pentium III 550, 384 MB, 40 GB HDD, 8 MB ATI Rage 128 with NO XGL SUPPORT, 16x DVD Burner, OpenSuSE 10.3 with GNOME.

imma try this out on my laptop as soon as sf is done with their server maint.

Same, are you working on an updated version for 8.04?

Bump.

Got everything working fine except firefox. Whenever I try dragging the supplied extentions/themes they say they are not compatible. I've tried disabling the checks on about:config, but the error still appears.

So what version of firefox is intended for Mac4lin 0.4 ?

I suppose it's for FF2. What version are you running?

Mac4Lin is back!

This is the version 1.0 Release Candidate. Some components are still under development. Currently the shell script is not able to set the GDM theme, cursor theme, sounds, emerald theme. They need to be manually set.

Also components like Firefox3, Thunderbird theme, awn theme/plugins etc. are still under development. The Mozilla themes may not be stable. Hence use the non-core components of Mac4Lin at your own risk. Documentation is still in the pipeline. I decided to release the RC anyway so that patrons can start using it and update to the stable version when development is complete.

Whats new: Mac4Lin v1.0 RC - 9th September, 2008

New! Automated Installer in the form of a shell script
New GDM theme
Supports the newest version of GNOME and Xfce
New Mozilla themes specifically built for Mac4Lin
Adium style AWN status icons for Pidgin
Mac style scrollbars, menus
Other tweaks in GTK theme
Adium sounds for Pidgin
New usplash

Keeping up the tradition I'm including the download stats. SF.net alone has served about 10.4TB as on today! I'm also happy to announce that Mac4Lin was one of the winners of FOSS Awards 2008.

Instructions:

Download the Mac4Lin_v1.0_RC.tar.gz archive to any folder. Extract the archive and run Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0_RC.sh file.

For any suggestions/comments/complaints/feedback/bug tracking please drop by my blog or send a mail:

My Blog: http://phoenix-ani.blogspot.com/
My E-Mail id: infra_red_dude<A.T>users<D.O.T>sourceforge<D.O.T>net
Project Website: http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac4lin