Any OS ?

Hi guys

I have been using Windows 7 for so long now. I am looking for a change. What OS you guys prefer ? I would like to see great UI effects. I will still be using Windows but i need a secondary OS to change the feeling. Please suggest

 

Get StarDock's Object Desktop suite then. I won't touch anything Windows 8.x with a bargepole.

 

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Well, if you're looking for UI customization, you really can't go wrong with a Linux (or BSD) distro, as they're pretty much the ultimate OS family for that sort of thing. No special software needed like Windows/OSX to change the UI (or really anything).

 

The Linux will always be secondary here as there are to many distro to be of real value and any competitions to M$ O/S. Even if you looking as secondary O/S. For bad as M$ O/S is everyone is trying to make their O/S look like Windows 7 so you have to ask why do that if they are trying to beat M$.

 

There are few out there, such as Linux, Ubuntu, Chrome OS... I have personally used Linux and Ubuntu and my experience is excellent with both of them.

 

Minority here Windoze O/S is the O/S to beat if that was so true why are the other O/S doing the UI? Cause they are trying to get Windoze users to Linux but they are like comparing Apples to Oranges you don't just fire one the next day and start using it and the commands are way different. So trying to swap isn't easy as one would think.

 

Well, actually the commands between different Linux flavors are pretty much the same, especially the common (and most important) ones. mkdir is mkdir is mkdir, for example. But even then, you can easily use any modern Linux OS without ever, ever touching CLI anyway, so it's a moot point.

Personally, I don't see the problem with some Linux users using a Windows-esque UI. That's part of the charm of being able to do anything and absolutely everything under the hood of the OS.

 

Keep saying that...load a Windows program into Linux and see where that gets you. Linux will always play a distant third fiddle no matter how you slice it. Those are comparing Apples to Orange you can't load Windows programs into Linux and expect it to work or the other way around it. This is the part Linux has yet to address it has a small base of software to even support it's usage.

 

Wait a minute, I thought we were talking about different Linux distros, not Windows v Linux . In that case, I see it as a moot point; when you switch from Windows to OSX, you shouldn't expect anything from Windows to work on that either.

Anyway, Linux support for traditionally Windows-only programs is growing. Wine has been around since practically forever, and Steam's jumping on board with Linux in a big way.

 

I use Winstep Nexus extreme as my desktop explorer/launcher. Works very well. But if you want full functionality, it costs $35. Well worth it in me opinion.

The best part is it overlays Windows explorer. So you install it like any other program and it takes the place of your desktop icons, docks, and taskbar/startmenu. It's a small change. There are other things you can do (like go Full TRON mode). It depends on how radical a change you want to make.

My Windows 7 desktop:

 

Linux is fantastic if you want to learn about computers. The expanded game support now that steam is fully behind it doesn't hurt one bit either.

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MAC with bootcamp? Considering your username maybe OS"X" is for you

Personally I'll use anything that works but quite a few people have changed over from windows to mac and said they will never change back to windows.

Never say never

 

That won't work for the masses that want to power up the computer and start using it right away. Wine may sound good but there are Windows program that unless it detects Windows system main files it will not install or work properly. We should consider the everyday computer users not the savvy users when talking about when we say "Any O/S".