Linux Vista?

caa1980 · 12-02-2006, 01:16 PM

Is there a linux distro out there by default that looks like windows Vista?

jschiwal · 12-02-2006, 01:39 PM

You can use xgl with your current distro to add transparency effects. Google for xgl (compviz OR beryl) for pages o n how to do this. I only had to install a couple of packages and add a couple of one line files to get it working on my SuSE 10.1 laptop. There may be alternatives that ofter more features. I found that my laptop's graphics card couldn't efficiently handle the transparency effects in KDE using the xorg server. But what I have now is efficient.

caa1980 · 12-09-2006, 04:16 PM

How do I install a Vista KDE Theme and ware do I find them? I am really new to Linux and I whant a Windows Look without all the Ram requirements.

mcmillan · 12-09-2006, 09:00 PM

If there's a regular KDE theme it will probably be at kde-look.org To really get a vista look you're probably going to need setup compiz or beryl. Doing so isn't very hard, just google for some guides.

tallman19 · 12-10-2006, 12:43 PM

sure, LFS looks just like Vista !

...if you want it to =)

if I'm not mistaken, PCLinuxOS has the Vista KDE theme by default. Still, I would install SUSE or openSUSE on your place, it's less buggy and more user friendly.

Padma · 12-12-2006, 03:05 PM

You don't get more user-friendly or less buggy than PCLinuxOS.

tallman19 · 12-13-2006, 08:22 AM

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PCLinuxOS

for me it is the buggiest distro I've ever used, I noticed them after a few weeks using it. By then I found out that Mandriva and all it's derivatrives are the same...everything preconfigured for the "user" taste and it's really not that easy to compile a package using Mandriva.