World Gone WebUncategorized » World Gone Web http://www.worldgoneweb.com Sun, 09 Oct 2011 20:57:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Customize Windows XP to look like Mac OS X http://www.worldgoneweb.com/2009/customize-windows-xp-to-look-like-mac-os-x/ http://www.worldgoneweb.com/2009/customize-windows-xp-to-look-like-mac-os-x/#comments Sun, 15 Feb 2009 09:28:23 +0000 shalfon http://www.samanthahalfon.net/worldgoneweb/?p=105 I frequently use Mac OS X, Windows XP and Linux (Debian, KDE4). I have a MacBook which I use by default to browse the Internet, answer email, etc. I turn on my desktop computer and run Linux if I’m about to edit a video. If I am about to code a little something from home, I’ll turn my desktop and run Linux. Of the three OS, Windows XP has the least enjoyable default interface. I usually customize it to make it look more like the MacBook one.

Safari, Dock and Launcher

The launcher

First thing I do is install a launcher (to replace the missing Mac OS X Spotlight). I use Colibri. I have also tried Enso Humanized.

The Dock

The second thing I really miss is the Dock. On Windows I have used Rocket Dock, Object Dock and RK Launcher to replace this important item. Currently I am running RK Launcher and totally hid the Windows taskbar. There is a theme for RK Launcher shared on DevianArt by Asdrubale88 to make your dock look just like the Leopard one.

The theme

At work, on my windows, I run Rocket Dock and HUmanized Enso as a launcher and didn’t go any further. But on my home computer, I always change the default theme to use either or Panther or a Leopard one. There are several availalbe but I usually look for one on Deviant Art or on CrystalXP.net. Right now, I am trying with the MacOSXSmooth from CrystalXP.

Wallapper, Dock and Theme

The Desktop wallpaper

If there is one thing I hate about Windows it’s the default wallpaper with the hills. It never stays on my computer more than 10 minutes after installation. I usually replace it by no wallpaper at all until I have time to look for something else. A good place to start is interfacelift. At the moment, I am using the Apple logo centered on a black backgroung.

The cursor set

It is possible to go further than that and also change the mouse cursors set. An easy to install Mac OS X cursor set is available on Usher.

Expose

If you really want your windows to emulate Mac OS X you can also install an equivalent to Expose like Shock Aero 3D.

Expose-like

More information

I have been doing this [customize Win XP to look like mac] for quite a while but just had to do it again on a reinstallation of my home computer. To find most of these informations back, I read through this post on WikiHow.

]]> http://www.worldgoneweb.com/2009/customize-windows-xp-to-look-like-mac-os-x/feed/ 4 desktop1 desktop2 desktop3 Working remotely http://www.worldgoneweb.com/2008/working-remotely/ http://www.worldgoneweb.com/2008/working-remotely/#comments Wed, 17 Dec 2008 22:20:09 +0000 shalfon http://www.samanthahalfon.net/worldgoneweb/?p=79 I sometimes need to remotely edit a file on a server and to do so, I would either mount the drive using netDrive (windows) and edit it with a local editor or use XMing to open the editor running on the remote machine and edit the files on the server as I was using it. Either solutions have worked for me in the past but none of them were as convenient as having a local copy of the project and upload the result on the server.

Recently, a friend told me that Eclipse could be used to access remote files and edit them. That sounded practical enough for me to give it a try.

The plugin you need to do so is called Remote System Edition or RSE. To install it, follow these steps:

  1. Go to Help -> Update -> Find and Install
  2. Create a new remote location and enter a name (for example RSE) and the following URL: http://download.eclipse.org/dsdp/tm/updates/
  3. Click Finish. When prompting, select a server near you.
  4. In the following window, check the box next to Remote System Edition
  5. Click Next and accept the terms and conditions.
  6. Click Finish and the installation begins
  7. Restart the IDE

Hopefully the above steps were successful, you can not edit remote files on a Linux (SSH) or FTP Server. To browse a remote server, you need to connect to it by doing:

  1. Window -> Perspective -> Other
  2. Select Remote System Edition
  3. In the browsing pane, right click and click create new connection.
  4. Enter the settings to connect to your server
  5. Your file system will appear

You might call me a geek but I think that’s cool. Eclipse is not my default editor (maybe become I don’t come from the Java World) but I use it a lot more now that I can edit remote files and quickly touch up a webpage without having to upload it via FTP and everything.

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I added references to experimental in /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/ experimental main contrib non-free

Then I ran launched the following commands:
aptitude update
aptitude -t experimental install kde4

Note that I first tried to install kde4 using apt-get and it would never work, I had dependencies error, but it worked right away using aptitude.

Anyway, that done, I was able to log out and re-login using KDE and here it was :

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