Chinese Make Ubuntu That Looks Like Win XP

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[citation][nom]jeffk464[/nom]They need to copy the ease of installing software and drivers in windows.[/citation]
Actually in Linux you just click on "add remove software" From there you have access to tens of thousands of self-installing drivers and free software. When you want to update a driver select search for updates and it finds them for you, then check mark it and it installs. If you have the Windows emulator Wine installed you just double click on the .exe file and it installs like it does under windows.
What usually happens is users don't realize is that you go to Mozilla's website to download and install Firefox is that, that is the hard way and it is already available in "add/remove software" Same thing for Nvidia and ATI drivers. Believe me I've stupidly done it the hard way by command line only to have it dawn on me I can just go to "Add/Remove Software" and it be done automatically.
 
gnesterenko: Wine + the Windows version of the Mono framework can run the vast majority of Windows applications, I would assume that these folks had the foresight to think of this.
 
This is a Linux distribution that's gone in the wrong direction. The UI needs to look a lot more like the Mac OS X UI, not more like Windows. The Mac OS X UI is what everyone is used to.
 
[citation][nom]techguy378[/nom]This is a Linux distribution that's gone in the wrong direction. The UI needs to look a lot more like the Mac OS X UI, not more like Windows. The Mac OS X UI is what everyone is used to.[/citation]
... yeah, all 9% of computer users who use OS X.
I actually like the different approaches used by Linux desktops like KDE, Xfce, and even GNOME (though that one could stand to man-up and quit removing access to features in the GUI).
 
[citation][nom]santeana[/nom]I often wondered how long it would be before someone finally did this... in a way, I'm surprised it took as long as it did. lol[/citation]
I was thinking the exact same thing. They'll probably do a Mac OS one next.
 
It is of no surprise from a nation where google is in 2nd place in search market share, they have their own version of facebook, their own most popular chat client, QQ, their own youtube, and world popular p2p streaming app PPStream, etc, etc etc...
 
now if they can just make ubuntu look like snow leopard and run i-life im game ...my hackintosh might get a makeover
 
traesta: You can make Ubuntu look like OSX in 5 minutes with cairo-dock, and removing the lower panel. Throw in the default OSX background, and it looks "just" like a Mac.
 
[citation][nom]tntom[/nom]Actually in Linux you just click on "add remove software" From there you have access to tens of thousands of self-installing drivers and free software. When you want to update a driver select search for updates and it finds them for you, then check mark it and it installs. If you have the Windows emulator Wine installed you just double click on the .exe file and it installs like it does under windows. What usually happens is users don't realize is that you go to Mozilla's website to download and install Firefox is that, that is the hard way and it is already available in "add/remove software" Same thing for Nvidia and ATI drivers. Believe me I've stupidly done it the hard way by command line only to have it dawn on me I can just go to "Add/Remove Software" and it be done automatically.[/citation]

The add/remove software tools (repository managers) are definitely the easiest way to add software in Linux. But I do concede that there are a few things in Linux that require persistence to get to work. Getting video drivers with 3D support can give trouble some times. The Alsa/OSS audio driver gave trouble with Ubuntu last upgrade. But the biggest problem with Linux is not Linux fault. Because less than 1% of PC user use Linux, Most websites, and hardware manufacturers don't test their tools on Linux, that is the biggest problem. I alsway have trouble with flash( on msnbc.com, and pbs.org), and not on cnn or comedy central. I have trouble watching netflix on Linux.

I like better KDE than Gnome, but I think this is in part because I never took the time to configure gnome to something that I would better like.

One thing we could innovate in Linux (and have others follow our lead) is the file system tree. I find myself dealing with the placement of files and creationg of folders for big projects and big reports. I also notice my less technical family member have trouble getting used to the file system tree. This innovation (HCI topic) would make Linux a leader in Desktop computing.

To the OP, the look and feel is trivial. The only issue I see here is the copyright infringement on icons, and other look and feel stuff Microsoft created. But the Chinese seem oblivious to this western laws. Which makes me questions what made the politicians think they would respect the free-trade laws, or the currency trade laws.
 
[citation][nom]ashrafpasha[/nom]It effectively makes Windows the role model for every OS.. Though I like the idea.. I don't like it. Because it cant do what windows can even though it look like one.[/citation]

i know what you mean... i tried to make my xp look like fluxbox once but i still got viruses. who knew superficial changes were, well, superficial..
 
You people are so naive. The real question should be, how many rootkits does my system come preinstalled with! Besides that, there is nothing creative or original here at all.
 
I think I'm turning Chinese, I think I'm turning Chinese, I think I'm turning Chinese, I really think so!
 
You're too generous saying Macs are at 9%. Of the 50,000 hits my art blog received this year only 2.8% were using a Mac OS.
 
Steps to make in English from Chinese:

* Opened up Terminal
* sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
* added "deb http://cz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu karmic main" to the end of the file
* Saved file with Ctrl-X, Y, Enter.
* ran sudo apt-get install language-pack-en-base
* Under Administration menu, clicked Language Preferences (this is hard to find -- blue flag icon.)
* Select the option to the right (Install), enter password. Set language to English; reboot.
* When asked choose yes to rename folder locations.
* Rename desktop icons to defaults on English XP.
 
"It is scary how China is actually making everything they use in their own country. Maybe we should take some notes. They are becoming 100% self reliant."

I hate to say it, but they are far from self sufficient, the items LPG, Coal, and Iron Ore, mostly come from Australia and without those resources China's production capacity would drop enormously. Every country should be aiming for self sufficiency, because if your country becomes to reliant on another (read America and China) you get the rather large financial entanglements which neither country can really afford to cut off (imagine if the Americans didn't buy all those cheap Chinese made products, who would?) The Chinese are great at saving money, because there's virtually no government support if you get ill, if someone in the family dies, if there's an earthquake (you might get lucky in that case) but because there's no government safety blanket for the average Zhou (read Joe) they have to live within their means, if income goes up, their expenditure doesn't necessarily rise with that increase in income. Most of them still remember what it's like to be literally starving and having to live off the most basic necessities. In the end, I think western nations really do need to create nations of savers, as this would in essence require less intervention from governments in quite a few area's. The last key to it all is housing, the cost of housing, which is an essential item, should not be outside the means of the average income.
 
[citation][nom]logitic[/nom]It is scary how China is actually making everything they use in their own country. Maybe we should take some notes. They are becoming 100% self reliant.[/citation]
[citation][nom]twu[/nom]who is not?[/citation]

America. Duh. All our stuff that used to be made here is now made there. Too bad they never managed to pirate quality control.
 
[citation][nom]WheelsOfConfusion[/nom]... yeah, all 9% of computer users who use OS X. I actually like the different approaches used by Linux desktops like KDE, Xfce, and even GNOME (though that one could stand to man-up and quit removing access to features in the GUI).[/citation]
Mac OS X is by far the most widely used *nix operating system. It's also the second most commonly used OS next to Windows. It's a shame that Gnome is the closest experience you can get to the Mac OS X GUI.
 
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