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udp
A theme for Ubuntu that makes it look a little bit like OS X.

Why is this on the HN front page? Why?

bertzzie
Is it usually that easy to do in Ubuntu (or Linux) in general? I think customization using CSS is really great. Maybe we could discuss that?
Sottilde
I love it when the creators of complex systems use common and well-understood formats for configuration. The use of CSS for styling your window manager is genius and really speaks to their dedication to the project.
bertzzie
It's sad that they target users, not developers though. Imagine how awesome the ecosystem would be if many developers use it.
teffen
I really wish people would stop with knee-jerk reactions.

>> Why is this on the front page? I cannot possibly understand. The situation is truly beyond my comprehension.

The article demonstrates the malleability of Ubuntu's CSS theming system.

kapowaz
> The article demonstrates the malleability of Ubuntu's CSS theming system.

That doesn't make this newsworthy.

teffen
>> SO SAY I, OFFICIAL INTERNET CURATOR KAPOWAZ

Honestly, click the down vote button if don't think the article is newsworthy. Even so, the community votes to decide what shows up on the front page; not you specifically.

kapowaz
My comment wasn't made in my official capacity :)

I'm mostly just remarking with bemusement that such a thing would garner attention. But I guess it takes all sorts.

TimGebhardt
I had no idea that this was a new feature of the newer Ubuntu releases and I was pretty excited to stumble across this. It's pretty darn cool.
bertzzie
It's interesting to see Linux' customization power. It's not only look like a real OS X, it's also really easy to do. Can someone comment about the user experience? There should be many little things that's different between OS X and Ubuntu's experience right? I have not use OS X or Ubuntu much to comment, but if that's easy to change too, it will be a really interesting thing to see.
gavinh
...why?
bertzzie
just to show off the power of customization in Ubuntu (or Linux in general)?

The GNOME-shell can be customized to behave like GNOME-2 to an extent. It might be interesting to see how far can we go...

ranza
I dont always use linux, but when i do i want it to look like something from the matrix
jamesu
It might look a little bit like OS X Lion, but it's missing over 200 features which make Lion... Lion, not to mention it doesn't even run OSX apps!
xqyz
It looks pretty much the same as these Mac Transformation Kits they had for Windows a few years back. Anybody who ever used a Mac can clearly see that this ain't it. IMHO it pretty clearly fails in delivering what it promised, but if you like this half-mac, half-unity style, I guess you might like this.
edtechdev
Does it have the spinning rainbow of death?
Tyr42
If it just had awesome trackpad support...