haefft Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 hi just saw live free or die hard today and i really like the look of the os that matt farrell used. on his apple cinema display it looks like he is chatting on some type of irc program which is transparent with an orange strip on the left side. on the far left of his desktop it looks like a system information/monitoring sidebar type program, i remember windows xp had something similar but the name escapes me. i'm looking for a linux os that is black all around and with transparent windows. appreciate the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myrhymeandreason Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 Usually themes in movies are made up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 In movies, they often are not actually using a computer - it's pre-rendered graphics on-screen. As such, unless it's a command environment, or a pure Windows environment - it's not actually an OS in use, but just a mock-up. As such, it's likely not to be a Windows theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted July 29, 2007 Veteran Share Posted July 29, 2007 .... i'm looking for a linux os that is black all around and with transparent windows. appreciate the help. Any Linux distro can be made to look in any way you imagine. From minimal to decked-out (*box to e17 to XFCE to KDE or Gnome with beryl). Then just customize the look from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StandingInAlley Posted July 29, 2007 Share Posted July 29, 2007 I was kinda impressed too. Looked pretty cool but i doubt if it was real Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
haefft Posted July 29, 2007 Author Share Posted July 29, 2007 thanks everyone. i sort of knew it was fake but farrell's desktop looks doable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrA Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 In movies, they often are not actually using a computer - it's pre-rendered graphics on-screen. As such, unless it's a command environment, or a pure Windows environment - it's not actually an OS in use, but just a mock-up.As such, it's likely not to be a Windows theme. That's interesting, 'cause I've been watching Heroes and could swear that they were using plain KDE, with no custom theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markwolfe Veteran Posted August 2, 2007 Veteran Share Posted August 2, 2007 That's interesting, 'cause I've been watching Heroes and could swear that they were using plain KDE, with no custom theme. I am thinking the same thing... It is easy to apply even a standard theme to an XFCE/KDE/Gnome session and have a techy-looking OS for the camera. Seems like they would have a lot of work to mock-up something and include content from an SSH session, for example. (an SSH session is seen in the Live Free or Die Hard movie being talked about in this thread) Would need to confirm with people who work the props for shows like 24, Alias or movies like Matrix and Live Free... to be sure. Until then, it is uninformed geeks speculating in a forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fish Posted August 2, 2007 Share Posted August 2, 2007 It does happen. Nmap was used in Matrix Reloaded... http://images.insecure.org/nmap/nmap_inthenews.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoken Posted August 30, 2007 Share Posted August 30, 2007 It does happen. Nmap was used in Matrix Reloaded...http://images.insecure.org/nmap/nmap_inthenews.html It's pretty cool how much hidden stuff is in the matrix. Did you notice the password in the second pic? "Z1ON0101" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazenga Posted August 31, 2007 Share Posted August 31, 2007 i'm looking for a linux os that is black all around and with transparent windows. appreciate the help. BackTrack2 is what you're looking for. It's a security related distro. After your installation, text mode starts and then you choose between FluxBox and KDE, choose KDE and hold your breath :). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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