OS X Launch Bar in Screenshot? What is it?

[Magadass]

I must have the OS X looking launcher this guy has on his screenshot, located at http://ubuntuforums.org/gallery/showimage.php?i=842&original=1&c=7

Cany anyone tell me what that is and where I can get it to install it? Looks so slick, made me drool when I saw it....

I dont think thats StarterBar is it?

[aysiu]

I could be wrong, but it looks like a regular toolbar with transparency and some nice-looking icons.

[manicka]

I could be wrong, but it looks like a regular toolbar with transparency and some nice-looking icons.
I'd agree, it just looks like a nicely tweaked gnome panel

[GreyFox503]

I'd really like to know how to do this:

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=13548&file1=13548-1.jpg&file2=13548-2.jpg&file3=&name=MacOS-X+Aqua+Theme&PHPSESSID=56adb944f27bc42b51ef8b412590f8fe

Supposedly that's possible in Gnome.

[poofyhairguy]

I must have the OS X looking launcher this guy has on his screenshot, located at http://ubuntuforums.org/gallery/showimage.php?i=842&original=1&c=7

Cany anyone tell me what that is and where I can get it to install it? Looks so slick, made me drool when I saw it....


thats a modified Gnome Panel.

What should make you drool is engage

http://www.enlightenment.org/Applications/Engage/

[xmastree]

I must have the OS X looking launcher this guy has on his screenshot,Since that was posted recently, in this thread (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=339363&postcount=28) why not pm aussiedini and ask?

[Magadass]

thats a modified Gnome Panel.

What should make you drool is engage

http://www.enlightenment.org/Applications/Engage/

I wonder, is there a way to get Engage to work in Gnome? I dont really like Enlightenment all that much...But Engage looks sweet!

[GreyFox503]

I wonder, is there a way to get Engage to work in Gnome? I dont really like Enlightenment all that much...But Engage looks sweet!

ditto! I think that might be what is being shown in the pic I linked to earlier.

[jnoreiko]

What should make you drool is engage

That's the OS X dock, basically.
Very nice.

[weekend warrior]

In the past I've tried Apple style docks, but always come to the same conclusion - it's too big, too distracting, clumsy, kludgy and inefficient. Style uber alles? No thanks. Some of the reasoning in this link (http://www.asktog.com/columns/044top10docksucks.html) doesn't apply to us, but points 9, 5, 4, 3 and 2 do, and I agree.

The dock looks nice and fancy but at the end of the day can get annoying. The only worthwhile dock I'd consider using on a daily basis is the default one in E17 (http://enlightenment.org/Enlightenment/DR17/images/_images/DR17_shot.png) which is smaller, not distracting, more out of the way - a compromise between a dock and Gnome panel.

As for that complete Mac clone screenshot above; at that point why not simply use a Mac? If price is a factor then hunt down a used one. I'll never understand this craving people have to make their OS look entirely like a different one.

[Magadass]

In the past I've tried Apple style docks, but always come to the same conclusion - it's too big, too distracting, clumsy, kludgy and inefficient. Style uber alles? No thanks. Some of the reasoning in this link (http://www.asktog.com/columns/044top10docksucks.html) doesn't apply to us, but points 9, 5, 4, 3 and 2 do, and I agree.

The dock looks nice and fancy but at the end of the day can get annoying. The only worthwhile dock I'd consider using on a daily basis is the default one in E17 (http://enlightenment.org/Enlightenment/DR17/images/_images/DR17_shot.png) which is smaller, not distracting, more out of the way - a compromise between a dock and Gnome panel.

As for that complete Mac clone screenshot above; at that point why not simply use a Mac? If price is a factor then hunt down a used one. I'll never understand this craving people have to make their OS look entirely like a different one.

Who said I wanted a mac? Even though I probably will buy one just to f around on. You need to calm down a little bit, I think the Mac OS X bar is pretty cool and I just wanted something like it in linux.

[weekend warrior]

Nothing to calm down about mate. Simply stated my opinion (just as you did) and asked a rhetorical question; that's all. Don't take it the wrong way.

[codejunkie]

Who said I wanted a mac? Even though I probably will buy one just to f around on. You need to calm down a little bit, I think the Mac OS X bar is pretty cool and I just wanted something like it in linux.

if you like the mac style docks try kubuntu sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop i havent found anything in gnome that actully worked like the osx dock and install something like ksoothdock i think there's also an osx docker they both are great plus if your an eyecandy lover like me you'll fall in love with kde.

[drummer]

engage works fine in gnome if you install it and e17 from cvs.. i used it a while ago but got bored of it :P
http://ubuntuforums.org/gallery/showimage.php?i=409&original=1&c=2 (my previous desktop, running engage)
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=318528&postcount=21
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=307163&postcount=19

[Magadass]

if you like the mac style docks try kubuntu sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop i havent found anything in gnome that actully worked like the osx dock and install something like ksoothdock i think there's also an osx docker they both are great plus if your an eyecandy lover like me you'll fall in love with kde.

I tried KUbuntu, and I think the thing that made me not use it anymore is how cluttered it feels...It just feels really cluttered, and something about the fonts with KDE just look wierd to me....In Gnome they look a ton more crisp, but in KDE I just cant put my finger on it...But its like this nagging irritation in the back of my head everytime I use kde....I have no idea if anyone else feels this way, but its wierd because I love eye candy and I should love KDE but something bugs me about it....

[aysiu]

As for that complete Mac clone screenshot above; at that point why not simply use a Mac? If price is a factor then hunt down a used one. I'll never understand this craving people have to make their OS look entirely like a different one. Because there's much more to an OS than looks. Maybe some of us like the look of a Mac, but we don't like the functionality of a Mac, the behavior of a Mac, the software limitations of a Mac, and all the licensing crap that goes along with it. Why can't you appreciate one thing about an OS without wanting to get the whole thing?

[Arktis]

Amen! Like a global menu bar/applet. *cough!* (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=58461) Oh dear, I really should get that checked out by a doctor. :razz:

[poofyhairguy]

I wonder, is there a way to get Engage to work in Gnome?

Yep. If smoon's repo still exists, a good stand alone engage is in it.

Using it is kinda hard though.

[poofyhairguy]

Brightside + skippy + Engage +Aqua theme + xcompmgr with nvidia card= fool your friends into thinking you have a Mac.

[byen]

I'd really like to know how to do this:

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/preview.php?preview=1&id=13548&file1=13548-1.jpg&file2=13548-2.jpg&file3=&name=MacOS-X+Aqua+Theme&PHPSESSID=56adb944f27bc42b51ef8b412590f8fe

Supposedly that's possible in Gnome.
what you are looking for is ksmoothdock(kde). I have used it and here is how my desktop used to look like . Wondered if it was possible to mimic one...and i did manage too..but i like gnome better.but here is my link.
http://ubuntuforums.org/gallery/showimage.php?i=764&original=1&c=3

the only difference between mine and his is that he has used the "use border color" option.

[weekend warrior]

Originally Posted by aysiu
Because there's much more to an OS than looks. Maybe some of us like the look of a Mac, but we don't like the functionality of a Mac, the behavior of a Mac, the software limitations of a Mac, and all the licensing crap that goes along with it. Why can't you appreciate one thing about an OS without wanting to get the whole thing?
Like I said aysiu, it doesn't register with me at all - but whatever floats your boat mate.

Uh-oh, I feel a car analogy coming.... When I drive a Jaguar, I want it to look like a Jag, inside and out; not a Porsche. It's a Jag after all and to my thinking at least - an authentic Jag is better than some JagPorsche wannabe. That's my opinion. A Porsche 911 looks fabulous, no doubt. A Jaguar E-type maquerading as a 911 would look ugly-smugly. I'd say laughable. A Jag just doesn't handle like a Porsche. Ergo any illusion out the window right there.

"Fool your friends!" Um... right, whatever. :roll: Fool yourself? Not bloody likely unless your a fool to begin with. You like the look of a Jag/Porsche Franken-monster-mobile? Swell. I think it's laughable. That's my opinion. Open up one single app, cast your eye on the different interface layout and that's the end of your "Mac" look.

I'd say the same about someone trying to make Windows look completely like Gnome or Mac like Windows or in this case Gnome/KDE like Mac. And note, my rhetorical question was not aimed at the OP but rather the screenshot posted by GreyFox503. You like a piece or two from another OS? Hey, I do too sometimes. You want to try and change everything to a shameless, second-rate, laughable mimic job of another OS that just highlights even more that it's not that OS? That's not for me.

Opposing viewpoint? You bet, and plenty more on the forum.

All I did was state mine and presented the OP with an alternative dock (w/ attached screenshot) which I think looks "pretty cool".

[aysiu]

No need to get defensive, Weekend Warrior. I was simply offering an explanation for why one might want her computer to look like a Mac but not be a Mac. You're entitled to your preference, but others are entitled to theirs as well.

[weekend warrior]

I was simply offering an explanation As was I.

But you do understand that my "question" you picked up on was rhetorical right? Rhetorical questions aren't really meant to be responded to you see. They simply express an opinion, nothing more.

[aysiu]

But you do understand that my "question" you picked up on was rhetorical right? Rhetorical questions aren't really meant to be responded to you see. They simply express an opinion, nothing more. Meant here means intended. So you intended the question to be rhetorical. That doesn't mean someone can't answer it. If I say, "What was this guy thinking?" that's a rhetorical question, but someone could very well answer, "He was thinking he could get away with it."

You can't fault someone for answering a rhetorical question, especially when the actual answer is different from the intended answer. A rhetorical question is usually not supposed to be answered because both the asker and the listeners are all supposed to have the same understanding of what the answer is.

For example, if my rhetorical question is "Can't she see what an idiot she's being?" the understanding is that I think she's an idiot and that whomever I'm talking to also agrees she's an idiot. The implied answer is "no," she can't see what an idiot she's being--that's why she was being an idiot.

Your question, "Why wouldn't you just get a Mac?" had an implied understood answer of "there's no reason not to. Go get a Mac now." But since I didn't agree with that "understood" answer, I answered differently.

[weekend warrior]

I don't fault you for a thing aysiu. Just telling you that was my opinion and nothing more.

The implied answer (which apparently was lost in translation somewhere on you and perhaps others) was not "go out and get a Mac now, there's no reason not to" but rather... "it's a bit silly (in my opinion obviously) to pretend to have something you don't. So silly in fact (in my opinion) that you may as well just go out and buy a Mac" (implied sarcasm).

I've stated my opinion and explained why I feel this way so that's me done. No hard feelings here. Hopefully none on your end either aysiu.

[aysiu]

Cool.

[poofyhairguy]

"Fool your friends!" Um... right, whatever. :roll:

I want to say something in defense of this (since I made the original statement). Because almost everyone I know just uses Windows and have only seen Macs on TV or in the Movies, its VERY easy to fool them into thinking you are the greatest nerd ever because you got the Mac OS running on your machine (with a skinned KDE or Gnome or whatever). I know you can really do this now with that pirated OSX86, but its a pain and my friends can't tell the difference anyway. I know that people should have more noble goals than gloating and building one's ego....but in reality its fun to make Window people jealous (especially if you friends -like mine- believe with no evidence that "Linux GUIs suck.")

Personally the only "Mac" thing I use is the starter bar desklet, and if I could have Linux emulate Macs perfectly in any way it would not be the theme, applications, or tricks- I would simply want Linux to also have a hardware accerated desktop.


EDIT: Yes I am joking (except for the acceration part).

[aussiedini]

I must have the OS X looking launcher this guy has on his screenshot, located at http://ubuntuforums.org/gallery/showimage.php?i=842&original=1&c=7

Cany anyone tell me what that is and where I can get it to install it? Looks so slick, made me drool when I saw it....

I dont think thats StarterBar is it?


Hey there,
Thats mine, and it is just a transparent gnome panel. Just found cool icons at the www.iconfactory.com . Also used the macosx theme from gnome-look (thanks to Danny Wu), to give the panel a slight tint

[metadocks]

In the past I've tried Apple style docks, but always As for that complete Mac clone screenshot above; at that point why not simply use a Mac? If price is a factor then hunt down a used one. I'll never understand this craving people have to make their OS look entirely like a different one.

Hear hear! :) There is such a tight connection between look and feel and the underlying operation anyway that you can imitate only so much!

[aussiedini]

I don't fault you for a thing aysiu. Just telling you that was my opinion and nothing more.

The implied answer (which apparently was lost in translation somewhere on you and perhaps others) was not "go out and get a Mac now, there's no reason not to" but rather... "it's a bit silly (in my opinion obviously) to pretend to have something you don't. So silly in fact (in my opinion) that you may as well just go out and buy a Mac" (implied sarcasm).

I've stated my opinion and explained why I feel this way so that's me done. No hard feelings here. Hopefully none on your end either aysiu.

Gee sorry guys, just posted my screenshot. I change the desktop about every month, I wasnt trying to "be a mac", I think you all need to reassess your caffiene levels or something.
I have a PC, I dont want an Apple, I just hate the whole windows style taskbar thing...thats all. Gee sometimes I even use Fluxbox, enlightenment and windowmaker.

[Heliode]

Brightside + skippy + Engage +Aqua theme + xcompmgr with nvidia card= fool your friends into thinking you have a Mac.

Personaly, I would STRONGLY recommend Kompose over Skippy. Basically does the same thing, only better and more configurable imho. Allthough it's KDE, it works fine with Gnome.

[poofyhairguy]

Personaly, I would STRONGLY recommend Kompose over Skippy. Basically does the same thing, only better and more configurable imho. Allthough it's KDE, it works fine with Gnome.

Actually.....I like Expocity the best. But I don't like to admit that because it requires forcing an old Metacity into a new Ubuntu (not like Metacity has improved a lot though....) It's the closest to real Expose.

Kompose is nice in KDE, but I like to have my backround be shown!

[H.E. Pennypacker]

Hey there,
Thats mine, and it is just a transparent gnome panel. Just found cool icons at the www.iconfactory.com . Also used the macosx theme from gnome-look (thanks to Danny Wu), to give the panel a slight tint

Thank you for following up. I too was interested in the appearance, but unfortunately, as in Mac, the icons do not become slightly larger as you hover over them. Also, you can't get rid of those dividers at each end of the docking station. Other than that, I am liking how things are now.

I had been using Epiphany while doing this, and I realized I had to remove the Epiphany window from the panel so that it would appear only icons are located on the docking station.

Here's a screenshot:

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1424/dock9fi.th.png (http://img57.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dock9fi.png)

If you're like me, you'd forget all about the docking station, because you'd be staring at Kristen Bell (*drooling*). In case you want the Kristen Bell wallpaper, here it is:

http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/8123/kristenbellself018dg.th.jpg (http://img120.imageshack.us/my.php?image=kristenbellself018dg.jpg)

Last, but not least, Magadass, make sure the size of the panel is 50 pixels (the ideal size for me, but you may change the number).

[acht]

her a.s.s = 0

[maagimies]

Thank you for following up. I too was interested
Here's a screenshot:

http://img57.imageshack.us/img57/1424/dock9fi.th.png (http://img57.imageshack.us/my.php?image=dock9fi.png)

Great desktop, but don't you have problems reading those icon names on your desktop? :confused:
If you have a very white wallpaper a black color for the names would be the most logical choice.

[jason.b.c]

her a.s.s = 0


Wait err umm.?!?

Is she supposed to be sexually attractive or something..??

I really don't see how she's all that good looking, She's not ugly , But no beauty queen either..:-\"

[thunderduck3141]

i'd tap that
how is she not gorgeous?
doubt she has a brain though... pitty
believe me, tried that route, you try and talk about anything computer, technology, etc related and they space out and then you realize and then you have to... well, u need a basment, a well, and lotion

[airtonix]

madagass : i think he is calm, whats wrong? or do you cower when someone has an opinion?

[H.E. Pennypacker]

her a.s.s = 0

She looks unbelievably great, nevertheless. It's not like we go through some machine that perfects us when we're born. I don't know why people require others to be perfect.


Great desktop, but don't you have problems reading those icon names on your desktop?
If you have a very white wallpaper a black color for the names would be the most logical choice.

No, not at all. Even if I could change the color of the text, I wouldn't know how to.


Wait err umm.?!?

Is she supposed to be sexually attractive or something..??

I really don't see how she's all that good looking, She's not ugly , But no beauty queen either.

Wow! Kristen Bell not attractive? That's an oxymoron.



doubt she has a brain though... pitty

I am very confident she has brains.

[olsonar]

Actually.....I like Expocity the best. But I don't like to admit that because it requires forcing an old Metacity into a new Ubuntu (not like Metacity has improved a lot though....) It's the closest to real Expose.

compiz + scale = expose = awesome