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Tango Project to Make Open Source Beautiful?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the whole-lot-more-than-two-to-tango dept.

DW writes "Steven Garrity has announced the Tango Project, fronted by himself and Jakub Steiner of Novell. The Tango Project is a collaborative effort of a variety of free/open-source software designers and artists to work towards unifying the visual style of the free (mostly Linux) desktop."

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  1. My Question by AAeyers · · Score: 5, Funny

    Tango Project to Make Open Source Beautiful?

    What could be more beautiful? Is it not?

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    "For Great Justice."
    1. Re:My Question by linuxfanatic1024 · · Score: 3, Funny

      3. Download themes for crappy programs to make them look like Windows or Mac programs

      Since when is Windows beautiful?

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      Microsoft-free since March 28, 2004
  2. Re:Oh no, not again. by Jambon · · Score: 4, Funny
    These guys should seriously consider a name change.

    How about Salsa? Cha Cha? Macarena? Merengue? Polka? Any on this list could be possible candidates.

  3. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Don't use it then, idiot. Are they going to force you to use it?

    You're a fucking moron.

  4. Re:Tango Air? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tango is the name of a hemorrhoid creme from Ghana. It is built on a base of lime juice and mustard seeds. It contains crushed up sea shells and the ashes of recycled paper (including the occasional rusty staple). Another prime ingredient is Yak stool -- you've never seen a Yak with hemorrhoids, so it must work. Just be sure to get it fresh before the parasite eggs (ringworm egg casings help the healing process) hatch.

  5. Re:KDE's Appeal Project by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 1, Funny

    Hmmm... one, two, three, four, five. I win buzzword bingo.

  6. Re:wont last long by DashEvil · · Score: 2, Funny

    http://www.google.com/search?&q=%22KDE%20blah%20bl ah%20and%20Gnome%20BLaH%20blah%22

    It didn't work. :(

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  7. Re:use fluxbox and never be bother by icons again by Dwonis · · Score: 2, Funny

    Fluxbox? Real Users use ratpoison!

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

    You can't polish a turd.

    You can if it's frozen.

  9. Re:Will it be usable? by Bastian · · Score: 2, Funny

    because of icon scaling on the dock you can set your dock to be really, really small and still have it usable. Because windows "genie" themselves back into a specific spot on the dock, there is never a question of where to go to find the window. Because interface elements are always subtly textured, you quickly learn to ignore those portions of the screen when looking for content.

    Because everything is frickin white, you find yourself constantly having to look away from the computer to give your eyes a break from the sensation of staring into a fluorescent light bulb for eight hours straight when you're at work.

  10. Style vs. Content by halleluja · · Score: 2, Funny

    All slashdotters know, it's not the style that is sexy, but the content.

  11. Re:Oh no, not again. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    "The name is actually funny because it's got 2 dudes running it. Of course, as the old saying goes, it takes two to tango."

    Oh my God, this is so homoerotic.

    2 dudes + tango = Blue Oyster Bar!

    http://www.chepo.net/2005/06/blue-oyster-time.html

  12. Re:Nice by renderhead · · Score: 4, Funny
    The two projects definitely compliment each other nicely.


    Freedesktop.org: My, Tango! You certainly do look lovely today!

    Tango: Why, thank you! And allow me to say that I find your consistency bold and refreshing!

    Freedesktop.org: (blushing) You are too kind!
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    I wish that my inferiority complex were as good as yours.

    -RenderHead