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ChopperDave
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 Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:45 pm Post subject: Alternate shell other than explorer? |
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so i was in my Cisco Netacademy class today and i found myself looking for sweet stuff for desktops when i came across something called aston
and it looks pretty badass to me.... but i messed with it and it never looks as cool as the picture hell maybe you guys can figure it out http://www.astonshell.com/aston/index.html
its not free you only get a 30 day trial but i wont let that stop you |
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snipr
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looks cool, but will it effect any software on the computer?
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ChopperDave
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i messed with it and everything works perfect except it was a bitch getting all my icons and stuff to work properly but after that its ok but i switched back and uninstalled it and lemme tell ya i love explorer
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TWljaGFlbA
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| Posted: Thu Dec 16, 2004 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| If you ran Linux you could get just as cool appearances, and even cooler, by using Fluxbox, KDE, or Gnome, or any other good Linux/UNIX desktop environment. |
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TheTole
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Alternate shells are cool. I cant wait till the new version of windows comes out. I think the 3d GUI that it will have is going to own. And I heard it will be really easy to program new stuff for it so there should be lots of ways to "skin" it or make cool modifications of some sort.
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TWljaGFlbA
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| Didn't they ditch most of the major workings of Aero or whatever the 3D system was.. or was it only WinFS they ditched? Or did they change their minds. |
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IceColdFever
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i believe it was only winfs....which i was looking forward to as much as the 3d interface...Oh well.
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Monster_Boxx
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| I would lve to see a "shell replacement" solution to back up that data as this looks myseriously like the windowblids project....these things are big CPU/memory hogs....as far as im concerned this is the last thing I need taking up my valuable CPU recourses and ram.....I have a slipstreamed version of windows that takes out all that BS graphical bubblegum hogwash...Yeah its plain but i can work peacfully knowing that this "eye candy" is not raping my computer to a point where it is useless... |
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snipr
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this is exactly why when linux ATI drivers get better im gona try and do a dual boot at first for gaming and if all goes well, mostly gaming on linux, because iv only used linux a few times and dont understand shit on it, but love the interface....
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Monster_Boxx
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| What Interface? there are like dozens of gooeys out there for linux....BSE is what you are most likely thinking of.....kinda windowsy but totaly cleaner looking... |
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TWljaGFlbA
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| Monster_Boxx wrote: |
| What Interface? there are like dozens of gooeys out there for linux....BSE is what you are most likely thinking of.....kinda windowsy but totaly cleaner looking... |
ummmmm BSE? Don't you mean KDE...? BSE is the Bedviled Sound Engine for Linux. To my knowledge there is no desktop environment named BSE, or at least that has any bit of popularity. So yea if you're referring to a desktop environment that is POPULAR and LOOKS LIKE WINDOWS (sorta) you're referring to KDE. However, KDE (http://www.kde.org/) sucks and GNOME 2.10< just p0wns everything.
Fluxbox/Blackbox interface is nice also although its really not the case for speed anymore with the speed of modern day PC's the little changes in the desktop environment aren't entirely beneficial. And of course there's tons of other DE projects. |
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Wrath
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| Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 12:50 pm Post subject: |
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I actually like this AstonShell. I've had good luck with it so far...
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Asoulintime1982
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| Posted: Wed Sep 14, 2005 9:51 pm Post subject: |
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| TWljaGFlbA wrote: |
| Didn't they ditch most of the major workings of Aero or whatever the 3D system was.. or was it only WinFS they ditched? Or did they change their minds. |
They only ditched WinFS Aero is still a go. and boy is it great. Love it already.
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captain_cracker
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If only I could get it to look like the OS in Jurassic Park.
Anyone know what the heck that was?!
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Phorce_Phed
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That was the 3D File System Navigator for IRIX 4.0.1+.
I used to use LiteStep on top of 'doze 98 but it is apparantly a big hassle to install on XP (to the point where it can destroy the OS) so I'm still working myself up to it. My favorite MS interface(?) replacement was Technetium for Win 3.1. It was hot shell on shell action.
As for *nix: I've been using GNOME but I don't like it too much. I'm sure it's a total PITA to change though so I deal with it. Would be nice to see the GNOME team stop removing features in the name of "usability" and start fixing real problems like the horrible SMB transfer performance and the generally pathetic state of Nautilus.
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