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GENERAL => General chat => Topic started by: va!n on February 14, 2008

Title: Freeware Desktop alternative to Luna (Windows XP) and Aero (Windows Vista)
Post by: va!n on February 14, 2008

i  have found possible an interesting freeware project. its an freeware replacement for the desktop of XP and Vista with some nice features. what do you think? more infos at: http://www.cairoshell.com/ (http://www.cairoshell.com/)

Screenshots:
http://pics.computerbase.de/2/0/4/9/6/1.jpg (http://pics.computerbase.de/2/0/4/9/6/1.jpg)
http://pics.computerbase.de/2/0/4/9/6/4.jpg (http://pics.computerbase.de/2/0/4/9/6/4.jpg)
http://pics.computerbase.de/2/0/4/9/6/5.jpg (http://pics.computerbase.de/2/0/4/9/6/5.jpg)
http://pics.computerbase.de/2/0/4/9/6/7.jpg (http://pics.computerbase.de/2/0/4/9/6/7.jpg)

Title: Re: Freeware Desktop alternative to Luna (Windows XP) and Aero (Windows Vista)
Post by: taj on February 14, 2008

"The developers already stated that it should be ran in a virtual environment. I wouldn't have any illusions of day to day usability or stability yet."

Its too early.

Title: Re: Freeware Desktop alternative to Luna (Windows XP) and Aero (Windows Vista)
Post by: Jim on February 14, 2008

If Linux is a step change from Windows, why are most of the Linux WDMs ripped off from Microsoft and Apple?  And not as good.

Jim

Title: Re: Freeware Desktop alternative to Luna (Windows XP) and Aero (Windows Vista)
Post by: taj on February 14, 2008

Is it linux?

Title: Re: Freeware Desktop alternative to Luna (Windows XP) and Aero (Windows Vista)
Post by: zawran on February 14, 2008

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Is it linux?

No its a window shell replacement. So its something you load ontop of windows and it takes over all window functionality, if I have understood it correctly at least.

Title: Re: Freeware Desktop alternative to Luna (Windows XP) and Aero (Windows Vista)
Post by: Shockwave on February 14, 2008

It looks pretty but it's just something else to go wrong afaic..