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    Phoronix: KDE Developer Working On Windows 8 Inspired Look

    KDE developer Kai Uwe has written a blog post how he's working on a KDE Plasma setup to resemble Microsoft's Windows 8 "Metro" interface...

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  • #2
    it has only one minor issue...it looks way better than metro

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    • #3
      Looks more like an side panel then the full duplo interface.
      My first thought was no, why would anyone do this but it seems to only be an side panel and optional.
      Maybe someone migrating from win8 or regular win8 users likes it but he isn't going to finnish it only start an discussion.

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      • #4
        Keep in mind that this not a serious project, as the author said himself. It was an experiment on flexibility of Plasma, and took him 1 hour to create.

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        • #5
          Kai Uwe are his 2 forenames. His Full name is Kai Uwe Broulik.

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          • #6
            . It's good only for touchpad and mobile devices in general. For desktop it's as metro: the worst choice microsoft made for desktops.
            Last edited by Azrael5; 26 November 2015, 07:39 PM.

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            • #7
              Headline should probably read "KDE working on poop flavoured lollipop"

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              • #8
                It's not a project by the wider community, just a single guy who likes to mess around a bit.

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                • #9
                  Boy am I glad this wasn't a planned KDE development. One metro is enough horror for the world, we don't need another :P

                  That said, he did a nice job at it, especially for just one hour.

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                  • #10
                    People, you're close, but not quite there; this is a brilliant example of KDE being flexible, and showing it off. It has potential to be what you want. Any publicity is good publicity when you want to get public minshare so why not ride off the back of the biggest MS UI FUp in history. Not everyone on the planet hates Windows and seeing a desktop that can be whatever the bloody hell it pleases is nothing short of incredibly USEFUL. Imagine all the custom desktop configurations you will start seeing in the future. I recall XP's Luna being replicated long ago as well.

                    Kudo's on the quick mashup KUB.
                    Hi

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