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The Linux distillery Linux incognito part one: the Leopard
The Linux distillery Linux incognito part one: the Leopard | Linux incognito part one: the Leopard |
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| The Linux distillery - The Linux user and switcher blog | |
| by David M Williams | |
| Monday, 20 October 2008 | |
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Page 2 of 4 Today we will begin with Apple’s MacOS X, specifically its “Leopard” style. This is fairly regarded by many as aesthetic, with a dock at the bottom of the screen that is used to launch common apps. Some of the dock buttons can represent a folder, depicting its contents as a stack of items.Featured Whitepaper
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There are a few steps required to perform a convincing Mac transformation but pleasantly the bulk of the work has been done for us, as part of the SourceForge project called Mac4Lin, ie Mac for Linux. Check out the picture at the bottom of this page. That’s not a Macintosh but you’d be excused for thinking so. Instead it’s a pretty convincing Linux transformation. Mac4Lin gives you everything to make that desktop yours - with one notable exception. The Apple logo in the top-left corner is trademarked and copyright. A suitable Apple icon is not included. You will need to supply one yourself, but that’s all. Download Mac4Lin and extract its contents. It is not a self-installing program but a collection of files. Make sure to note where you extract it. First, there is a visual theme. Click System / Preferences / Appearance. On the Theme tab click Install. Browse to the extraction point and choose the Mac4Lin GTK Metacity Theme file. You will be prompted whether you wish to apply the theme “Leopard.” Do so. That’s not all, but soon your Linux PC will be pimped out like the one below. CONTINUED |
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