Use linux without anyone knowing it!

Dude111

This is pretty impressive!!

pickarooney

In what way is it impressive?

MacGyver

in a 1998's way impressive

bandit197

Am I missing something here?

Jackobyte

bandit197 wrote: »

Am I missing something here?

Linux looks like Windows 98 is all I can make out.

pickarooney

Is Dude111 an elaborate spambot? Are you, Dude111?

syklops

If he had it looking like windows 7(which is truth be told visually appealing), then that would be impressive. Having it look like Windows 98 first edition, is just... wrong.

Dude111

pickarooney wrote:

Is Dude111 an elaborate spambot? Are you, Dude111?

Hehe No not at all!! (I hate spammers)

evercloserunion

Ah, there's something to be said for the pre-XP look. Maybe it's just nostalgia.

tman

evercloserunion wrote: »

Ah, there's something to be said for the pre-XP look. Maybe it's just nostalgia.

Nope... Still looks **** to me!

Grudaire

Dude111 wrote: »

Hehe No not at all!! (I hate spammers)

Thats exactly what a spambot would say... :P

Jonathan

MacGyver wrote: »

in a 1998's way impressive

2.2.19 was actually released in 2001.

boidey

Either I'm missing something here or you got very low standards.

Johnboy1951

" Use linux without anyone knowing it!"

I am trying to figure out why ........

IRWolfie-

It looks like an attempt at a windows theme, but not a very good one, (you can get very convincing windows 7 themes for gnome)

hardCopy

Mmmmmmmmmm, Netscape

dueyfinster

IRWolfie- wrote: »

It looks like an attempt at a windows theme, but not a very good one, (you can get very convincing windows 7 themes for gnome)

or packages like Macbuntu to look like OS X. I guess it's all fun at the end of the day. I tried stuff like this before, and it's fun until it gets in the way and you start to try things the GUI won't properly emulate (like menus are horrible in Macbuntu), then it's really annoying :mad:

Shows power and flexibility of Linux and all the many WM's and DE's

BopNiblets

Heh, I remind my mam she's using linux every chance I get:
"You'll use it.... and by god YOU'LL LIKE IT! Now update your system!"

Galen

As far as I'm concerned, windows 98 was piece of crap and I certainly don't want to be reminded of it. Why would anyone go back to that when you can have linux mint or kde?

Dude111

Win98se happens to be my favourite WIN os (One of the best ever released)

Nicest Icons,etc........

Galen

There's no accounting for taste!

Webmonkey

I think you'd want to be pretty dumb not to realize that's not Windows!

Wait until a noob tries installing something :pac:

Rambo

Dude111 wrote: »

This is pretty impressive!!

Windows XP:

http://ubuntu.online02.com/node/14

Galen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC5uEe5OzNQ&feature=player_embedded#at=129

KAGY

While we're at it,
Use win3.1 in a browser...
http://www.michaelv.org/

Eliot Rosewater

KAGY wrote: »

While we're at it,
Use win3.1 in a browser...
http://www.michaelv.org/

That's sweet! Can you download it and intall it on your own webserver? I know it's meant to be gimmicky, but if you could do file uploads and downloads on it it could be useful.

slowlydownwards

My favorite by far is Windows RG Edition.

evercloserunion

slowlydownwards wrote: »

My favorite by far is Windows RG Edition.

I like the way the colour scheme in the Word application is the same one used by LibreOffice.

Hotblack Desiato

syklops wrote: »

If he had it looking like windows 7(which is truth be told visually appealing), then that would be impressive.

To my eyes, Windows7 looks very much like a rip-off of KDE4 :pac:

dubhthach

Why would you do that when it was possible to do the following several years ago (original screenshot from Feb 2007 -- blanked some details)

pickarooney

I find it kind of funny that you blocked out some personal info but display your DNA details in your sig