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Re: [LUG] Make Ubuntu look like windows 7 - Ease the transition?

 

On Mon, 2010-08-23 at 11:50 +0100, Roland Tarver wrote:

> >
> >> http://ubuntu.sun.ac.za/index.php?title=W7_Theme
> >>

I wouldn't use it myself, and Grant sums it up nicely. It is a pretty
impressive copy though and would be popular with some folks. Win7 is
pretty nice looking to give it credit (excluding the shipped wallpapers,
which are not to my taste at all)

> Speaking of glitz...
> 
> http://maketecheasier.com/10-of-the-best-linux-desktop-customization-screenshots-to-inspire-your-creativity/2008/11/28
> 
> Shows off some impressive features. Not that I use them, but they do
> seem to make windows users take note ;-)
> 

They seem universally awful looking to me, with the exception of the one
minimal one 3rd from bottom, that ones not bad.

You can see better on just about any page of the monthly screenshot
thread in Ubuntuforums; Augusts is located here :
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1543427

Each to their own of course, taste is not universal or even present
going by some of the shots in the second link ;)

-- 
John
http://subbass.blogspot.com/


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