>> Because it makes the Linux Mess even more painful to use? Gah, if >> Linux was going to copy things, they could have at least tried not to >> copy Windows so much. Poorly. > >Linux did copy Mac OS X too. Poorly, but there it is: Gnome. >If you prefer a Windows copy, use KDE. >If you want something completely different, try Fluxbox or Xfce.
Gnome. I think I like it but not because it's a copy of OS neXt. I got involved in yabasic a while ago. It's because I wanted to persuade a neighbor's 11 year old that he would be better off writing his own games. But yabasic for Linux needed a bit of work before he could use it on ubuntu. I found that I had to work with direct calls to the x11 toolbox as well as the gnome toolkit and it was an educational effort to me. What's amusing is that those tools exhibited a strange familiarity. They are just like the tools available in Mac OS 1 through 7. It all came back and I was pleased. The big difference was that all of Apple's secrets were gone. Gnome may be a poor copy of OS X but it's a pretty good copy of classic Mac. Or, considering when x first appeared, I wonder who did the copying. -- --> So are we going to celebrate the start of a new decade at the end of this year? Or do the tens start at in January 2011? <-- --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
