linuxcaffe; distros and desktops

[Taavi Burns]

On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 02:27:09 -0400, David J Patrick
<davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> It could be if you've never seen linux and you chose "Windows user" on
> first log-in. I'd be more inclined to go the XPDE route, over Win95
> look, for psychological reasons. For the same reasons, if a user logs on
> choosing "Mac user", I'd throw aqua and brushed metal at 'em, OSXy.

KDE has a nice OSX-style theme called Baghira:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=8692

> don't forget that animated dock, now. 

I've heard reports of people who have that working...but it would take a
bit of tweaking, and I would NOT expect it to have anything near
acceptable performance on a thin client (not until the X servers and window
managers support TRUE transparency, composited on the client).

> "Linux user" should default to
> Gnome2.8+ IMHO, with the option to change it.

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