What Distro Can I Get That Looks Most Like OS X?
 

After using Linux for a while, I went to a friends house who uses Apple everything. I noticed that the file system had names similar to Linux.

Lately, I've been using Linux Mint 17.3 on my desktop. I want to install it on my laptop, duel booting with Windows 10.

With Apple, I like the icons across the bottom.

What distro can I install that looks a lot like the Apple OS 10?

Thank you,
Chris.

Most of the desktops "environments" or managers for Linux are highly configurable. Some easier than others.
Once you have chosen the desktop you prefer, be it KDE, Xfce, Mate, Gnome, Fluxbox, etc., etc., etc., it is up to you to change it to fit your taste.

cwizardone is quite correct. Almost any Linux desktop environment can be configured to look like OS X, once you get the hang of configuring it.

With Linux, the desktop environment is not part of the OS; rather, it floats on top of it, and you can run multiple environments on the same OS and change among them. Slackware comes with six GUI interfaces out of the box.

There used to be something called Pear Linux that was almost indistinguishable in appearance from OS X, but it disappeared. Word on the street was that it got bought up by someone who did not want something that looked like OS X wandering about the streets.

You might want to take a look at Elementary OS. Note that, even though they ask for donation in a blunt manner (something that resulted in a teeny bit of controversy), you can download it without making a donation.

(By the by, the icons at the bottom of OS X would be referred to as a "dock" in Linux. A number of packages for managing a dock are available.)

I don't use it myself but XFCE has a dock available.

happydog500,

Try this for size:

http://www.howtogeek.com/251616/how-...-ubuntu-16.04/

Or you may want the Pantheon desktop, which is very similar to OS X, but better. It comes originally with elementary OS.

I think wbar resembles the Mac dock best.

docky?

Cairo dock is the most Apple-like dock IMHO:

http://www.glx-dock.org/

It's available on linux mint.

I installed, updated cairo dock. I have it in my user choices, but when I booted to it the first time, it said it could not find it. I booted a second time and it boots to cinnamon.

I didn't just want a dock, I wanted it to look like the desktop of apple. I was going to boot to it at a friends house. He doesn't know anything about computers. He uses a Apple desktop computer. I wanted to kind of freak him out when I brought my laptop over to his house.

Chris.

Can't remember what I did, but I installed Pantheon in Mint. Later I saw where you can't do that (I did). Everything worked but it doesn't.

I installed so much stuff last night I could hardly keep track. Who knows what all I have now, I'm lost. I've installed, uninstalled, reinstalled, unhooked, hooked hard drives so many times in the past month, my eyes hurt, the contact strips on my HD's are wearing out (even my new one).

Chris.

Hi Chris...

Although it's apparently discontinued, you can take a look at Pear Linux. :)

Regards...

You sound overwhelmed.

Back when I worked tech support, I learned that the best way to shoot trouble is to deal with one issue at a time. Pick one and ask us about it, providing as much detail as you can.

Off the top of my head, I'd be inclined to suggest that you uninstall all the stuff that you have just installed, make sure your system works, then tackle one item at a time. For example, if you want to try a dock, install it and test it. If you don't like it, uninstall it or disable it and try another. And so on.

Just my two cents.

Thanks for the link. The last one was 2011. To old for me. I guess I'll give up on the OS 10 look. I was hoping for one with as close to the same icons and desktop photos and everything. After thinking about it, it might not be allowed to be to close.

Chris.

Hi Chris...

No, from what I saw, the last release was in 2013, version 7. It might be worth a try. ;)

Regards...