[GLLUG] X Window Managers

[Sean]

LinuxPPC with Mac-On-Linux emulation of OS X is the closest you can get 
with Linux. 

The second closest I would say is probably AfterStep since it uses 
Display-PS which is what NeXT used, Apple uses Display PDF which is about 
the same thing IE vectorized display format which results in the sharp 
crisp scalable imaging.

Im not sure how much work is being done on the project though. I have a 
feeling the people that were working on it got snapped up with better job 
offers to be honest.. But I think it does have the "original" dock and the 
same file browser. 

OS X is more based on a BSD variant than Linux. Although the PAM 
implementation uses Linux man page.. 




On Thu, 12 Dec 2002, Paul Donahue wrote:

> Greetings GLLUG,
> 
> I'm a long time member but have been in lurker mode for quite some
> time...
> 
> So I am troubled to say that I have been drawn in by the GUIness and
> overall tasty look and feel of OS X. The only reason I am willing to
> admit this is due to OS X's obvious linux backend.
> 
> So my issue is.. I want MY linux box to be as sexy and GUI (proounced
> gooey) as OS X. I dig the sweet little animations, taskbar and such.
> 
> However.. I run debian. I love debian, I am not rich and cannot to drop
> serious cash on a fast mac and have lots of PC's.
> 
> Does anyone know of any window managers that are extremely close to OS
> X's (I forget what it's actually called right now) or know of a hack to
> get X's running on XFree 4.0?
> 
> I feel in a bit of a rut as I have been using WindowMaker for the past
> 5 years, and although I'm happy with it, it's lost it's WOW factor.
> 
> TIA,
> 
> Paul Donahue
> www.pdonahue.com
> 
> 
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