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Etoile Project Releases Mac-Like Environment

Posted by kdawson on from the starry-eyed-penguin dept.

pschmied writes "Today the Étoilé Project released v0.2 of its Desktop Environment. Not only does Étoilé share user interface similarities with Mac OS X, Étoilé enjoys some source-level compatibility with Mac OS X as well. Many here undoubtedly remember NeXT, the revolutionary computer / development environment that gave rise to the first Web browser and later became the foundation of Mac OS X. Étoilé uses the FSF's own implementation of the NeXT development environment, GNUstep, making this a close technological relative of OS X. Screenshots and a source tarball are available."

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  1. Oblig. by Aetuneo · · Score: 1, Funny

    I, for one, welcome our new Mac-like overlords.

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    1. Re:Oblig. by ubrgeek · · Score: 2, Funny

      "... built from the ground up on highly modular and light components with project and document orientation in mind, in order to allow users to create their own workflow by reshaping or recombining provided Services (aka Applications), Components etc. Flexibility and modularity on both User Interface and code level should allow us to scale from PDA to computer environment."

      All that's missing from that description is "synergy" and "paradigm." Throw those in there and the VC money will start flowing in ;)

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  2. Re:First web browser by marcello_dl · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well if berners lee developed on windows he'd have to integrate his browser into the OS. If he developed on mac, users who surfed with http would have had their sexual orientation questioned. If he developed on unix nobody would have left telnet and gopher for http, unless it had either perl or remote exploits. That leaves the amiga and the next.

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  3. Re:Huh? by Orange+Crush · · Score: 3, Funny

    It looked more Mac-like before the name change, but Apple threatened to sue if they called it iToil.

  4. Re:Menus at the top! by ZachMG · · Score: 1, Funny

    do you people really have that much trouble aiming the mouse as to worry about "hitting" a menu? I might have impressive skillzorz but i never just run to the top of the screen and i have no problem hitting what im aiming for.

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  5. Re:Menus at the top! by Millenniumman · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, there is that thing about them wanting to make money.

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  6. Wow! by Caspian · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's like a Mac, but minus all the cool!

    *dodges Linux fanboys* Aieee!

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  7. No, this is oblig. :) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny


    Slashdot 29 July 2007: Sun Says Project Indiana is Not a Linux Copy - yeah right!

    Slashdot 30 July 2007: Etoile Project Releases Mac-Like Environment

    Slashdot 31 July 2007: Mac OS-X is the most copied OS on planet - copying is the highest form of flattery.

    So, Solaris copies Linux, Linux copies Mac OSX, but nobody is really interested in Vista.