OS with Mac looks

[MsTrMind]

Situation right now: I have Windows 8 Pro X64.

Setup:

MSI 760GM-P23 (fx)

AMD FX6100

Asus HD6670 DirectCU Silent

Kingston 2*4GB 1333 Valueram

Thermaltake Smart 530Watt

I want to quit (or at least reduce) my gaming.

I really like the Mac layout, but hate the incompatibility with the software I use.

What Linux Distro would you recommend?

I tried Pear OS 6.1 but it was unstable as sh*t, rebooting my pc out of the blue, ...

Are there any others that are somewhat stable?

[obsidian1200]

Well, for Mac looks, I'd suggest Ubuntu first. The sidebar in Unity is very similar to OSX's dock, except it's on the side. 12.10 is the version I use, and it's very stable and corrected some driver issues I had in 12.04. The main complaint others have about it is that Unity is sluggish, but I personally haven't experienced that.

For general Linux OSes, I'd look at Linux Mint and Fedora. These three are the more user-friendly distros I can think of from the top of my head. A big thing to note about most Linux distros is that, if you dislike one UI, you can easily change it to a different UI (if Windows 8 had this feature, I think people would be happier with it).

[MsTrMind]

Well, for Mac looks, I'd suggest Ubuntu first. The sidebar in Unity is very similar to OSX's dock, except it's on the side. 12.10 is the version I use, and it's very stable and corrected some driver issues I had in 12.04. The main complaint others have about it is that Unity is sluggish, but I personally haven't experienced that.

For general Linux OSes, I'd look at Linux Mint and Fedora. These three are the more user-friendly distros I can think of from the top of my head. A big thing to note about most Linux distros is that, if you dislike one UI, you can easily change it to a different UI (if Windows 8 had this feature, I think people would be happier with it).

Hmm, I think I will try Ubuntu again (last time I used it was the 8.04 release :-p

In school I am going to have a class called "Operating Systems" wich will be all about Fedora.

I read about WUBI, is this do-able, or would you suggest a real dual-boot?

[Soren]

I really liked Ubuntu. If I wasn't running OS X it's definitely what I'd prefer to use.

Just out of curiousity, what software is incompatible with OS X but compatible with Linux?

[MsTrMind]

I really liked Ubuntu. If I wasn't running OS X it's definitely what I'd prefer to use.

Just out of curiousity, what software is incompatible with OS X but compatible with Linux?

openCobol :)

Some stupid back-end language, but I have to learn it for school :)

[obsidian1200]

Well, for Mac looks, I'd suggest Ubuntu first. The sidebar in Unity is very similar to OSX's dock, except it's on the side. 12.10 is the version I use, and it's very stable and corrected some driver issues I had in 12.04. The main complaint others have about it is that Unity is sluggish, but I personally haven't experienced that.

For general Linux OSes, I'd look at Linux Mint and Fedora. These three are the more user-friendly distros I can think of from the top of my head. A big thing to note about most Linux distros is that, if you dislike one UI, you can easily change it to a different UI (if Windows 8 had this feature, I think people would be happier with it).

You can try WUBI if you'd like (it's easy enough to remove), but personally I'd suggest going for an actual dual-boot. There's some debate about whether WUBI is harmful to the performance of Ubuntu since it's not a true dual-boot environment.

If you haven't already, look into Virtual Box. It's a great way to test out Linux distros before creating a dual boot setup. I use it whenever I need to test cross-compatibility with different distros but don't want to restart my machine to do so.

[Samdb]

You could always Hackintosh then use BootCamp with Windows, or possibly a virtual machine.

[MsTrMind]

You could always Hackintosh then use BootCamp with Windows, or possibly a virtual machine.

Hackintosh on AMD is a pain in the ass ...

[MsTrMind]

Well, for Mac looks, I'd suggest Ubuntu first. The sidebar in Unity is very similar to OSX's dock, except it's on the side. 12.10 is the version I use, and it's very stable and corrected some driver issues I had in 12.04. The main complaint others have about it is that Unity is sluggish, but I personally haven't experienced that.

For general Linux OSes, I'd look at Linux Mint and Fedora. These three are the more user-friendly distros I can think of from the top of my head. A big thing to note about most Linux distros is that, if you dislike one UI, you can easily change it to a different UI (if Windows 8 had this feature, I think people would be happier with it).

I WUBI'ed my machine,

Ubuntu has changed a lot!

I just love it, now messing around with Compiz, searching a good dock and setting up everything.

Thx for the tip!

[Guest]

Is it the aesthetics you want or the actual layout of settings ect?

[MsTrMind]

Is it the aesthetics you want or the actual layout of settings ect?

Just the layout of settings, I love the dock and just the overal beauty of Mac. The icons, the animations with the windows, ... :)

[Guest]

Is it the aesthetics you want or the actual layout of settings ect?

I was gonna say otherwise something like a custom theme may be of interest..