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Eyes on Karamba
An anonymous reader writes "dot.kde.org posted an interview with Hans Karlsson, the author of the now pretty popular KDE clone of Samurize, Karamba, which is responsible for the recent craze at kdelook.org. An interesting interview well worth a read which shows that even today most open source programs still start as tiny hobby projects after all."
It's sad when we encounter the poor 12 year old kids with Tourette's Syndrome on Slashdot.
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Did that make woo feel better, HMMmm? Don't worry little guy, Dadda will get you more medicine!
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So I guess his comments hit a little to close to home?
Yeah, that's what I thought. Loser.
No, you are the only retard here.
I don't care about movies. Lick my balls.
You die at the end of your pathetic nerd life. Just so you fags know.
A month ago I was a full-time Linux user who used Aqua themes and thought I was getting an accurate Apple-like experience. Boy was i wrong. I've since purchased an iBook and the themes come as close to genuine Aqua look & feel as Monopoly money comes to the genuine type. Once you've used OS X fulltime for a while, you begin to notice that the detail is what counts and these Aqua-like themes get the detail all wrong. To their credit, most of this detailed functionality is beyond the themer's responsibility but still, the overall experience for me with Aqua themes in Linux has been that they're a fad. I use them for a while because I'm sick and tired of ugly mid-90s Windows 95 look-alikes or horrible Keramik clones. Then, I come to the realization they're not really Aqua and are just kludges. This time around however, I have an actual Mac to use and I'm never going back to using Aqua on Linux. I've relegated the Linux box to its default bluecurve theme and learned to live with it.
And exactly how many dates have you been on since September?
None? I thought so.
Apple's legal team is notorious for sending cease and desist letters any time someone copies the look of the aqua interface.
.:diatonic:.
Remember, this is Slashdot. If Microsoft made it, it's crap. If some guy clones Microsoft's Active Desktop and puts it on Linux, it's the greatest thing since sliced bread.