Longhorn Skinning A Reality

AlphaAlien writes "AlphaAlien of HardwareGeeks.com has figured out how to skin all of Microsoft's upcoming Windows release codenamed Longhorn. We can now skin Longhorn in the same manner we can skin Windows XP. Here's a picture of a very early copy of the first ever non-Microsoft skin for Longhorn. The only possible issue at this point is that Microsoft appears to be planning to move away from BMP based skinning altogethor and move to PNG based skins in which case any skins made for Longhorn at this point in time will not work far into the future. Also the patch to allow the skins to be loaded may not work many builds from the present as well. But for now we'll be able to hack away at the skinning engine at our leisure. in co-operation with BetasIRC.net we will be releasing the first few longhorn skins and a guide on how to get started on creating your own Longhorn skins."

Comments

Planning for the future?

[Lord Grey]

Are you guys anticipating that Longhorn will be that butt-ugly? That you have to plan this far in advance on how to avoid its mind-boggling interface?

That, more than anything, tells me a lot about how people feel about Microsoft's operating systems. Past, present, and future.

To paraphrase Douglas Adams: "It is no accident that there is no single word in any language that means, 'As pretty as the Longhorn OS.'"

Re:Planning for the future?

[Denyer]

"It is no accident that there is no single word in any language that means, 'As pretty as the Longhorn OS.'"

Oh, there is. It's just very difficult to pronounce unless you happen to be in the act of vomiting at the time...

Wait..

[superhoe]

Skinned Longhorn = Circumsized OS?

Skin the crash screens, too?

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I want to skin my windows crash screens, can I do that too? It'd be great to skin the crash screen to look just like the regular o/s, so I get the impression that everything is fine.

Re:Skin the crash screens, too?

[EulerX07]

Details are here although many Slashdotters probably won't like to admit that on W2K/XP they might never actually see the fruits of their labour.

I've got a bad dimm on ram on my desk that I guarantee will give you a blue screen. I will sell to anyone that needs to test their BSOD mods, for a slight fee.

Can it be?

[-kertrats-]

Slashdot posting a positive article about a Windows OS? [regardless of the fact its years away from release, and still in extremely early alpha stages]. Slashdot, this is so unlike you. Where are the backhand comments against M$? Where are the links with Better Operating systems? I'm ashamed of you. Where's your prejudice? Where's your bias?