__/ [ ray ] on Wednesday 26 July 2006 16:36 \__
> On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:17:20 -0700, Ivan Groznii wrote:
>
>> Fortunately, there is a wealth of information about how easy it is to
>> make one's Ubuntu desktop into a virtual Mac clone. By far the best
>> is at www.taimila.com; after following the relatively easy steps the
>> blog describes, I sat back, astonished. For all intents and purposes, I
>> was looking at a Mac interface...put onto the cheap desktop PC that I
>> had assembled last week. Yes, its beige, ugly case was nothing to look
>> at - but many of the main attractions of owning a Mac, its excellent
>> user interface and reliability were in my grasp for a fraction of the
>> cost.
>>
>> To be absolutely fair to Apple, there are some niches in which it
>> excels, particularly in publishing, design and video editing. However
>> Apple is not satisfied with this rather small market, and is now trying
>> to expand its offering to encompass those who are merely looking for an
>> alternative to Windows. For those people, Apple is more Bling Bling
>> than the Real Thing.
>>
>> http://www.linuxextremist.com/?p=63
>
> I wonder if you could define 'bling bling' - I'm not fmiliar with the term.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bling
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| "Bling-bling" (sometimes shortened to simply "bling") is a hip hop slang
| term which refers to expensive jewelry and
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This tends to remind me of Firefox with some 'bling-bling':
http://www.pimpzilla.nl/
In case you are interested, I made an OS X fork of that last year (compatible
with Firefox 1.0.x):
http://schestowitz.com/Software/RoyZilla/
(also Pimpzilla in blue)
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