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    Cairo shell alternative for Windows Vista

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Schmi Daniel the Man, Jun 15, 2008.

  1. Schmi Daniel the Man

    Schmi Daniel the Man Notebook Consultant

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    Has anybody heard of Cairo the shell alternative for Windows?
    They are slated to have a private alpha testing out at the end of the month. Their website is here.

    I would like to know what people think.
     
    Schmi Daniel the Man, Jun 15, 2008
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  2. supra97RX7

    supra97RX7 Notebook Consultant

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    i only read the home page and the FAQs, and only saw the one picture they have.

    but this looks great. i'm currently using just the windows standard theme, but this might make me change. i just hope it doesn't hog resources.
     
    supra97RX7, Jun 15, 2008
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  3. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    Its been in the talks amoung many theme designers. Its also slated for a windows XP release aswell making it unique having both vista and xp relelases.

    It is kind of a median between Vista and leopard with a tad of couva sutra in there.
     
    X2P, Jun 15, 2008
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    Ugh. I do not want to make my desktop look like Mac OS X.
     
    swarmer, Jun 15, 2008
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  5. supra97RX7

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    this doesn't look all too much like OS X to me
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    and you can bet i'll be keeping the taskbar on the bottom where it belongs
     
    supra97RX7, Jun 15, 2008
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    Actually the whole layout is identical to OSX :p
     
    X2P, Jun 15, 2008
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  7. swarmer

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    swarmer, Jun 15, 2008
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    Gosh, I hope that's true. How can anyone think of that theme as anything other than delicious? :rolleyes:
     
    Baby Boy, Jun 15, 2008
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    Finally a new DE for Windows instead of the default one that MS gives you, it doesn't seem inspiring at all though...
     
    Gintoki, Jun 15, 2008
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    Are you serious? This looks almost exactly like OS X. It looks like it has elements of both Apple and Windows.

    It's nice. I think I'll give it a try on my XP platform, but I think I'll leave Vista as is for now. The website says that they will be releasing the Vista version first, however.
     
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    Sweet, can't wait to try it out. :)
     
    booboo12, Jun 15, 2008
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  12. supra97RX7

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    of course it has its similarities, but to say it looks identical to OS X.. i can't bring myself to agree with that.
     
    supra97RX7, Jun 15, 2008
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    I'm already using a cairo inspired theme for Vista
     
    chipmoney, Jun 15, 2008
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    that looks pretty cool IMO, but the taskbar needs to be on the bottom :)
     
    Harper2.0, Jun 15, 2008
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    At a first glance, I didn't even notice the resemblance between it and OS X. And I do know how OS X looks like.
     
    Baby Boy, Jun 15, 2008
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    I hear what you're saying. That's why I said it looks almost identical. You can see that they took elements of both Vista and OS X. It's just a merging of the two, IMO.

    It's really clean looking.
     
    THAANSA3, Jun 15, 2008
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