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Sun Mad Hatter Linux Desktop Revealed

Posted by timothy on from the this-is-not-your-father's-cde dept.

magellan writes "Sun has released screenshots of its upcoming Mad Hatter Linux desktop. Mad Hatter includes GNOME, StarOffice, Evolution, and Mozilla. Sun has made minor modifications to Gnome to make it more familiar to Windows users. Sun's Mad Hatter, along with SuSE's new push on the desktop, could make Linux on the corporate desktop and laptop a bigger reality."

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  1. nothing like a new sun product by scottking · · Score: 2, Funny

    maybe i'm a big geek, but whenever sun releases something new, i get all giddy.

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  2. Hats? by Kryptolus · · Score: 2, Funny

    What's the obsession with hats?

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    1. Re:Hats? by bersl2 · · Score: 4, Funny

      People aren't wearing enough of them.

  3. Warning: Spoiler by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    At the end of the planet of the apes, Charlton Heston discovers that HE IS ON EARTH!!!

    1. Re:Warning: Spoiler by polyp2000 · · Score: 3, Funny

      You swine, ... I've just bought the Charlton Heston Planet of the Apes DVD ...
      I've not watched it yet.

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    2. Re:Warning: Spoiler by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 2, Funny
      At the end of the planet of the apes, Charlton Heston discovers that HE IS ON EARTH!!!

      The way he looked in Bowling for Columbine, I wonder if he will discover the same in real life. Kind of a Reaganesque way to go.

  4. Mad Hatter by briancollins · · Score: 1, Funny

    Named after their target audience? Risky.

  5. Yes, but will it run on SCO? by LazloToth · · Score: 4, Funny



    Heh heh. Just checking your reflexes.

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  6. Re:Windows... by polyp2000 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Windows 200 ?

    Is that a new versio or product line ? or is it a really old, version that cavemen used to use? ;)

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  7. OMG! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    OMG!
    tell me that ist not true!!! tell me that i am not really seeing a "Control Panel" item in that menu... this is just an illusion...
    wake me up!

  8. Re:Windows... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What is a "new versio"? When making a comment about spelling, you should be careful not to screw up yourself.

  9. by your analogy by SweetAndSourJesus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Mac OS X is the hottie who goes all night long and makes you breakfast in the morning.

    Mmmmm...I like that.

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    1. Re:by your analogy by FunkSoulBrother · · Score: 5, Funny

      OSX is the hottie who doesn't share any of your interests and wants a credit card so she can go shopping at the mall.

      Great to look at, but expensive as fuck and not much to do with her.

  10. But is it safe by pen · · Score: 4, Funny

    Is it really that safe to stick your card into so many terminals?

  11. Re:Windows... by CableModemSniper · · Score: 2, Funny

    It was obviously a typo. He probably meant Windows 200K.

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  12. Re:Kinda skimpish, by Arker · · Score: 2, Funny

    Clearly, Sun has cooped something that looks good.

    Cooped? Huh? They stuck it in a cage with a bunch of chickens? How do they expect to make money doing that? How come the article didn't mention this? Where did you find out?

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  13. Re:Windows... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    They need a toggle setting in the preferences:
    ( ) Works like Ass (default)
    (o) Works the way it should
  14. Mmmmm, screenshots by commodoresloat · · Score: 2, Funny
    What a great way to procrastinate doing work. Let's look at pretty pictures of someone else doing work.

  15. Continue to Cancel? by MyHair · · Score: 2, Funny

    Please, Gnome developers, switch Cancel and Ok to a consistent Ok(LHS) and Cancel(RHS)... Please?!!!

    Heh, that reminds me: I was cancelling an online subscription last night, and after verifying my password it gave me a summary screen of what I was doing and had two buttons : "Continue to Cancel" and "No, Do Not Cancel".

    I printed it to PDF but haven't put it online yet.

  16. Re:...and the first thing I do by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    A real BOFH wouldn't have any friends.