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Typical Linux - cheap imitation with poor fit and finish :(

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.

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.

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
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:

ffcontrols.png

@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.

  • 3 weeks later...

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)

  • 3 weeks later...

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:

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

E-Mail: [email protected]

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

Anirudh (a.k.a infra_red_dude)

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.

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.

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.)

  • 3 weeks later...

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.

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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 ?

  • 3 months later...

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

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