Newbie wants a near Mac OSX experience..pls help...

[emrah_gokmen 0]

I've use Mac OSX Panther a little while and i just like it!!!

I heard that Mac OSX is based on linux and then i just search my needs and found Mandrake's 3CD version of Linux. I installed it to my XP's partition as dual OS.

I just know nothing about linux.

But i want to now that should i try to find a way to make my linux like macosx (my xp looks like it ,but just "look!"). Icon stretching, directory controls (background images, emblems etc) made me thing that i should try.

If there is a way to do that i'll give my long hours to linux but if it is not possible im not interrested in writing scripts or codes.

I have Mandrake 10.1 with Gnome 2.6(what's this!!??)

i chouldnt even apply the Gnome themes on internet (and feel that macosx_look themes are craps they just look like as bitmaps??). After i install them they dont appear in the themes list. Icons are as the same, they dont appear after i press the install button (and a install bar quickly appears and dissapears).

 

Should i stay or should i go...?

[Neus 0]

gnome 2.6 is the gui (graphic user interface) you are using... most common ones are kde and gnome. er... bout all i can tell you from what i know.

[emrah_gokmen 0]

i dont know if 2.6 is the latest version of gnome i heard about 2.8 but i couldn't download it. While i've installing linux it asked me for a CD4 (KDE3.3) but because i only have first three CD i unchecked it. Could this be the problem?...as i said i cant apply themes for gnome. They just don't appear in the list after i drag them to theme window and press install button. If its nothing to do with KDE than is it possible that the themes i've downloaded are for Gnome version higher than 2.6? or what could be the problem? i really appreciate your informations. thank you

[Neus 0]

kde and gnome are seperate things, but as to version issue, i only really follow kde and dont know much bout gnome, but i guess you would probably need to find themes for your version or lower probably, or upgrade to the latest gnome.

[asterik' 0]

Mac OS X is not based on GNU/Linux. The system is built on top of Darwin, an open-source operating system utilizing technologies from Mach 3.0 and FreeBSD (and others).

 

The Mac OS X graphics system is unlike most others and is significantly more sophisticated than what you're using with your current Linux installation; the Quartz windowing system uses a number of technologies that allow you to see those "crisp graphics, anti-aliased text, liquid transparency, and photo-realistic drop shadows" previously alluded to. System themes and window decorations can be changed repeatedly in your Linux desktop environment, but it still won't look (or feel) like Mac OS X.

 

Mac OS X is an exceptionally well-designed system. Applications and services are extremely well integrated, resulting in an environment that is stable, efficient and elegant. What you may be longing for is the "Mac OS X Experience" rather than the eye candy alone.

 

If you want the authentic experience, you could purchase (or find) an older Mac and into OS X on that.

 

Alternatively, you could try to get a copy of Openstep (My personal favorite).

 

Good luck.

[emrah_gokmen 0]

Ok then i give up... Linux is not for me it has great stuff but too much complicated for me.

I'm thinking of buying a Mac Mini and selling my PC. This should be the thing that i have to do.

Thank you guys so much!! , maybe we see eachother again in the future !?..

(by the way i didn't understand that OPENSTEP and NEXTSTEP thing)

[asterik' 0]

Take a look at the NeXTSTEP section of Apple's Operating System History. Good luck with the new Mini.