Apple feels the squeeze from Linux 6653

Peter Kshlmann on Sunday 04 December 2005 14:33

This looks very similar to Brushed-Aqua in Tiger, provided that you ac- count for 'lossiness'. Consider this ademonstrationof the power of KDE -- its ability to adapt, match or emulate merely any other desktop envi- ronment once the appropriate bits and bobs and enabled. Functionality at the core is key.

Vista, by the way, is expected to have the same visual effects, but as usual, it will be far less efficient (many wasted resources already1), so will require monstrous hardware2 to work at full capacity.

True. KDE 3.4 seems to have plenty of Eye Candy that does not exist in Mac OS X. I am not just talking about fade in-out effects, but also some addi- tional notions of window behaviour and corresponding user-adaptable inter- actions.

There will come a point (maybe KDE 4) when you will sit next to experi- enced Linux users who will show you exciting stuff and say to you "you can't do this is Mac OS or Windows". KDE Plasma 1 looks promising. Same with Luminocity 2 (swinging menus), but I suspect that's GNOME-only.

Exactly. I use Plastik at home and Keramik at the University. I use Crux with a Jaguar-like theme at work (Ubuntu-GNOME) and it reminds me of Macs. All in all, I find it the least appealing among all work environments.

The Mac hardware is neatly designed. This helps the iPod, for instance, sell rather well. Mind you, for good-looking hardware you must also pay the price. Getting a modern SuSE box for just GBP 150 (including tax and delivery) is not something Apple can ever compete with.

Roy

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