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Imitation OS X on Linux

Written by Chris Tangora

Sunday, 03 August 2008

While OS X and Linux are both based on UNIX, they each have their own look and feel. Often times you will see one imitate the other, but now there is a way to make Linux (Gnome in particular) imitate the OS X Tiger look and feel. Lauri Taimila's website, taimila.com, covers how to make the imitation work.

From the background to the Dock, the Menu Bar and effects, Lauri has done a good job documenting how to make a Gnome look like a Tiger. If you have a spare box laying around or are running a Gnome based Linux, this would be a fun thing to try. For more information head over to taimila.com and read his column, Linux desktop imitating OSX.

Comments (4)

	05-08-2008 07:22
	For the most part no. You can run a version of Linux on the Mac (via X11). Linux and OS X share a similar UNIX base (for the most part), but as far as I know applications written for the Mac are not runnable on Linux. That's not saying that somebody couldn't do it, like the WINE movement, but for a Mac. But I have not heard of anybody doing it. Registered

ctan

	05-08-2008 04:00
	Just want to know, is mac programs can be run on linux? Guest

Alif Jamal

	04-08-2008 19:12
	I'm so sorry. While I was writing it I was thinking "him" not "her", and at the very end it must have slipped. My apologies! Registered

ctan

	04-08-2008 15:22
	Lauri is a Him Not a Her!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Guest

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