Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Make Linux Look like Windows XP with XPGnome

Just download the zip  file, Right-click it and select "Extract Here", then run the "InstallXpGnome.sh" by double-clicking it and choosing "Run"!



Changes: Icons, GTK, Metacity, Splash, GDM Theme, Panel Background, Desktop Background, Visible Desktop Icons, Nautilus Tree View, Toolbar to Icons only. Deletes all GNOME Panels and adds a new one at bottom with Start Menu, Show Desktop, Window Switcher, Notification Area, Volume Control and Clock.

And finally you should see something like ...

4 comments:

Red Bird said...

This could be a very great idea if you want to switch a person from using Windows to use Linux..

LinuxCanuck said...

This is the stupidest idea ever. Why would you want to make Linux look like a second rate OS?

Nikesh Jauhari said...

I think otherwise, this is a great idea for someone who always used windows but want to try out linux but not trying just because of - how to use linux interface and commands.

XPgnome will make this user to use Linux just like XP.

Narendra Sisodiya said...

its a nice idea.. suppose one has converted to XP theme then tell me how i can uninstall to get my original look Linux back

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