how to change look and feel to mac os x

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Hello,

Is there any possibility to turn my normal look and feel of my openSUSE 11.2 to a mac os x look and feel. If yes how can I do that?

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Which desktop environment are you using? I have played with cairo-dock in the past, which gives a similar functioning dock for application launching etc.

I’m sure that the mac enthusiasts amongst us can offer more direct help, but in the meantime:

Make Your Linux Desktop Look Like A Mac - Mac4Lin Project Documentation | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials

Similar thread:

Mac theme for openSUSE 11.2 GNOME - Linux Forums

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I’m using KDE.

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Well, KDE 4.x surpasses the typical OS X look and feel IMHO, but you could start by installing cairo-dock.

cairo-dock

If you want a closer graphical desktop emulation of the OS X GUI, then you can achieve that with Gnome + a few tweaks (as per above link).

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Thank you very much!

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One more hint: there’s a theme engine for window decorations called “Aurorae” which features dozens of different styles, some of them (“Auromac”, “OS Y” “OS X Aurorae”) offer the typical Mac look.

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BeSpin and QtCurve (with xBar and xBar Support) can make it so that the menus reside on a panel, for instance at the top of the screen. Unfortunately this only works for KDE apps.