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#1 User is offline   Razor VinT Icon

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Post icon  Posted 05 October 2007 - 01:55 AM

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Vixta is for the Linux users who love the look and feel of Windows Vista and wished their Linux desktops could look more like Windows. Vixta is a Fedora-based distro with a custom KDE-based interface. You get widgets, a Vista-like start menu and taskbar.

You can't run Windows apps without the help of WINE, and while the menu system may look like Windows, all the underlying programs are Linux equivalents.

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Posted 05 October 2007 - 03:12 AM

i dont like it in this case i think Windows Vista is much better.

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Posted 05 October 2007 - 04:17 AM

Of course Vista is better. This is just a free way to get Vista look and feel on your PC.
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 04:41 AM

Very good desktop, will try :)
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Post icon  Posted 05 October 2007 - 09:19 AM

Interesting!!! but i think Vista is much Better than this! :rolleyes:
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 09:56 AM

awesome job man !!!! ... for those saying vista is better .. n blah blah blah .. trust me they don't know what linux is and the eye candy it can bring to your machine its just amazing .. i can tell you right here right now .. vista and mac osx are no where near linux's eye candy !! for those of you wondering ... i have a macbook with triple boot ... have been using linux for almost a year now !! :P
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 04:11 PM

It does appear to be a nice job. Though I'm not a regular Linux user, I am going to have to give it a try before Microsoft raises a stink because of the name being so close to Vista.
You know how protective they are of the Vista name.
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 06:37 PM

It would look better if they use the original Vista orb start button, but I know they can't use Windows logo.
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 07:56 PM

Looks cool, but I will stick with XP pro :P
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 08:39 PM

I'm a Vista and Ubuntu user, but I'm not a big fan or Aero.
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 09:08 PM

Hey, no transparency?! :P
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Posted 06 October 2007 - 02:11 AM

instead of a arrow in the start menu they should put konqi the kde Dragon

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Posted 06 October 2007 - 03:02 AM

this seems interesting... thanks for the info... i would rather stick to windows though.
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Posted 06 October 2007 - 03:33 AM

good work (Y)
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Posted 07 October 2007 - 07:30 PM

Looks awesome, except for the start button. They should make a blue orb with a penguin or KDE logo in it.
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