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Reply to Poll Results: MacOS X vs. Linux! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I was, until recently, a Mac hater. What changed my mind? MacOSX being based on Unix. I And yes...there is an x86 version...just download Darwin (the open source Unix backend of OSX) and go at it. I dont think anyone wanting an x86 Unix would actually consider Darwin but I may be wrong. All that aside I would choose Linux. I have been working with Linux for years and the only thing stopping me from using it as my primary OS is game compatibility. Wine is fine but not nearly comp

Reply to Open source alternative to WindowBlinds in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Saving the $20 is part of it but mostly I want to know how it works and how to do it. I was using a Mac-ish theme on WindowBlinds to freak out my programmer friends by putting it on my computer and then inviting them over to look at something. I would then just start using my computer as normal, opening up all sorts of "Windows only" applications while they stare at the screen transfixed... I want to be a

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I understand the effort that goes into good software. I am the author of a game add-on called "AFTM" and it has taken nearly 2 years of effort to get it to the point it is. You may be right though about it not being worth my effort to simulate WindowBlinds. Who knows. I would love to just take the code of KDE and have it run as my shell but unfortunatly the world is not so easy.

Open source alternative to WindowBlinds in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I am looking for an opensource project that does what WindowBlinds does. A site with info on how to create something like that would be great as well. I don't want to compete with WindowBlinds, I just want to write the code myself and I really don't want to pay $20 for just WindowBlinds. I am a pretty poor student... Personal goal: emulate KDE on my Windows 98SE machine but maintain all the functionality