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mac57

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From: St. Somewhere

Registered: 2006-01-06

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Mac OS X Looking Desktop

I was looking through some of the Arch artwork in that forum, just hunting for some interesting new wallpaper, and I saw bunches of screenshots that feature a very Mac OS X looking desktop, with something that looks like a Dock on the bottom and so on. Can anyone tell me what desktop environment that is? I don't think its KDE!:)

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From: NJ, USA

Registered: 2007-08-04

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Re: Mac OS X Looking Desktop

It's very likely the dock you're looking at is AWN.  It's available in AUR: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … 1&ID=12294

There's also an extras package: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?d … 1&ID=12603

As for the rest of the environment, there was a large project by AqD involving a hacked gtk2 and some crafty xfce4 or gnome applets/panels.  That project seems to have evaporated with AqD's absence, however.  If you do a search for gtk2-aqd on the forums, you might be able to trawl something up.

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mac57

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From: St. Somewhere

Registered: 2006-01-06

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Re: Mac OS X Looking Desktop

Thanks buttons. Since it is gnome based (I looked it up on line, it is) I will give it a pass. Also, it seems to need XGL or AIGLX loaded, plus a compositor like Beryl - starts to sound like a lot of work. I think I will stick with good 'ol KDE. Thanks for the pointer though - most helpful.

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Cast off the Microsoft shackles Jan 2005