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XPde Makes X11 Resemble Windows
Gentu writes "Here is another way of penetrating the Windows market, which might even prove more successful than the current efforts: XPde is a desktop environment that mimics the Windows 2000 look and feel and behavior. Currently on version 0.3, the team has re-created a number of applications from its Windows equivalents, including Explorer." T. cuts in: It looks like they've made a lot of progress since this project was last mentioned.
cool, now you can run xeyes in win2k.
I hate sigs.
Wow, it bears a stunning resemblance.
I would expect such blatant racism on Fark, but on Slashdot? Mods please ban this asshole.
On my XP box, I have twice the physical memory of the system in your screenshot, yet the amount shown as available is nearly the same.
If you want 2000/XP users to feel comfortable, you Linux guys are going to have to make your system far less memory efficient. Or perhaps you could just divide the displayed available amount in half.
Well, that site is mimicking Windows in more ways than one. Anyone got a mirror?
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i wonder if they are going to include a bsod ???
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now you can install linux on your girlfriends computer and she will never even notice ...
That's cool and stuff, but tell me please is there a Cygwin port of this thing so I can run it in XWin to get native windows look and feel ? Oh wait... :)
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Without reading the article, I have this to say. I am trying to GET AWAY from that look. For me it represents all things wrong and I'd rather go through a learning Kurve than soil my choice of OS.
The developers need to get over the Stockholm effect!
The term "Stockholm Effect" was coined in the early 70's to describe the puzzling, completely unpredicted reactions of four bank employees who became victims of a hostage situation. Specifically, on August 23, 1973, three women and a man were taken hostage in one of the largest banks in Stockholm, Sweden by two ex-convicts. They were held for six days by these ex-convicts who continuously threatened their lives but also showed them what they later reported as small kindnesses during their detention. To the world's surprise, after a relatively short period of time, ALL FOUR OF THE HOSTAGES STRONGLY RESISTED THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO RESCUE THEM and and WERE QUIT EAGER TO DEFEND THEIR CAPTORS
Likewise if I were to start a clothing company, the first item on my agenda would be to make underpants that are exactly like Fruit of the Loom Y-fronts. Because that's what consumers are used to. It doesn't matter that you can make all sorts of underpants in different shapes and virtually everyone will understand where they're supposed to put their legs and hips, that you put your feet through these holes in this order, and pull them up. Oh no. Unless they look like FotL Y-fronts, people aren't going to buy them.
Otherwise "What's this?" they'll cry, as they see a slightly more roomy pair of underpants, with stitching in the right places for the comfortable, soft, material we'd be using to make them. "I don't understand this, I mean, where are my legs supposed to go? It's not obvious because it's a slightly different shape, and more roomy, and there's stitching in a slightly different pattern! I can't wear these!"
Now, ok, the cloned underpants are likely to fall apart as the underlying material used to build them doesn't actually fit with the FotL Y-front template, but that's a small price to pay. Who cares if Squiggleslash Underwear gets a deservedly poor reputation for making knock-off undergarments that fail even quicker than Wal*Mart's? I mean, the point is that people are DUMB! They're stupid! Just as they would never, say, understand a user interface like Apple's, because it's not like Windows, likewise they could never understand how to put on a pair of underpants that look slightly different to the Fruit of the Loom ones!
And, of course, by introducing these direct clones of FotL Y-fronts, we'll be making the world a better place. We'll be introducing choice. The choice between two identical pairs of underpants. Can you imagine what a great gain for civilization that will be?
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Yeah, I mean, it's so intuitive.