Re: Disguising Linux (Was: [SLUG] Re: just like the old days ...)

2002-01-14 Thread Francis Smit
Peter Hardy wrote: On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 14:25, George Vieira wrote: I'm thinking of making my own windows version for Linux.. called Windows Xtinct... Using Gnome and patch up the icons to look like windows enough to fool the Boss. You could do that, but the screenshots at http://qvwm.org

[SLUG] Re: just like the old days ...

2002-01-13 Thread luke . kendall
On 14 Jan, Peter Allworth wrote: Based on their walk-through strategy, I can see a need for a Linux screensaver that looks just like the default NT screensaver or login screen! :) Ah, so Linux becomes like the French Resistance, hiding itself from the Microsoft scouts looking for

Re: [SLUG] Re: just like the old days ...

2002-01-13 Thread Howard Lowndes
It would be much more appropriate to use the M$ BSOD as a screen saver. I think that one comes standard with some Linux distros. Then that would really freak out the M$ account manager - Do they really have so many BSODs? Should I make a comment or not? On Mon, 14 Jan 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [SLUG] Re: just like the old days ...

2002-01-13 Thread grove
It would be much more appropriate to use the M$ BSOD as a screen saver. I think that one comes standard with some Linux distros. Then that would really freak out the M$ account manager - Do they really have so many BSODs? Should I make a comment or not? Back when I worked at UWS, we (the

Disguising Linux (Was: [SLUG] Re: just like the old days ...)

2002-01-13 Thread Peter Hardy
On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 12:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brilliant! Actually, I remember a talk at SLUG, where afterward the presenter mentioned that he and another engineer were secretly using Linux on their machines instead of the mandated NT. They did a screen grab of the NT desktop and

RE: Disguising Linux (Was: [SLUG] Re: just like the old days ...)

2002-01-13 Thread George Vieira
Hardy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2002 2:13 PM To: slug Subject: Disguising Linux (Was: [SLUG] Re: just like the old days ...) Heh. :-) Fortunately, it's even easier to do that these days, with a little bit of care. Compare and contrast: http

Re: Disguising Linux (Was: [SLUG] Re: just like the old days ...)

2002-01-13 Thread Jeff Waugh
quote who=George Vieira Anybody care to help me modify the icons etc.. eg. how to change the gnome foot button?? Right-click, hit properties. You'd want to modify the packages, however, for easy installation, etc. - Jeff -- The implementation of any sufficiently advanced technology

RE: Disguising Linux (Was: [SLUG] Re: just like the old days ...)

2002-01-13 Thread Peter Hardy
On Mon, 2002-01-14 at 14:25, George Vieira wrote: I'm thinking of making my own windows version for Linux.. called Windows Xtinct... Using Gnome and patch up the icons to look like windows enough to fool the Boss. You could do that, but the screenshots at http://qvwm.org are scarily MS-like.