cmdshft Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 A new and promising shell alternative, entitled Cairo, has been under development now for quite some time. Cairo started as a small Samurize project, abandoned after the developer, Michael, realized the limitations of Samurize as a base for the shell. The project then moved from Samurize to DesktopX, then finally on to C#. More on the history of Cairo can be read on the project’s site. Full article on Aqua-Soft. Concept: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Think i will stick with aqua.... though you can find great stuff Here for modding your XP + Vista boxes... and edit your post.. the images are too big.. upload to photo-bucket or image-shack or something. not good for people on a tight bandwidth... then again, why be here? the OSx86 is like 4GB lol Think Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 None of the stuff there is a complete, feature rich shell replacement for Windows Vista or Windows XP. Which is what Cairo is. I'm actually really excited for this to be released when it's feature complete and stable. It may just be the rejuvenation I need for my Windows XP box... Provided it runs smoothly and with a relatively small footprint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Don't like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Do like. Thanks for the news... Can't wait to try this on my XP box! Hara Taiki -- do you post on Aqua Soft? The staff seems to be more open-minded and friendlier than some of the staff here >.> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Don't like For windows FlyAkiteOS is the best... other than that, i live on mac... Think Mark EDIT:<<<i am a Sage! w00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Special-K Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 It's not too bad. I'm not a big fan of black though. Nonetheless, looks pretty decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apowerr Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I like it a lot. A whole lot. Did they pick up the name from the failure of a MS product? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suhail Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I have also been following this project. It looks quite cool for those limited to Windows PC's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 We have some newer concepts in this post. We expect to have an alpha out in a few weeks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 @Killa Clide: Yes, I post there as well. Although far and few in-between. "NSS Majin Buu" is my username there. Yes, it's a corny username, sue me... @ThinkMark: Flyakite is great and all, but it only does icon replacements, system file replacements. Not entire shell UI replacement. That's what really separates Cairo from everything else we've seen for GUI enhancement's on Windows. @Meowy: I didn't realize you were part of the team. That's simply amazing, and I can't tell you how much I would love to try an alpha build of the shell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cabron Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 i liked the thumb thing navigation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 @Meowy: I didn't realize you were part of the team. That's simply amazing, and I can't tell you how much I would love to try an alpha build of the shell. When the release is closer we will be deciding on how we will be picking alpha testers. We had a target of 6 weeks announced on December 30 2007, so we will be starting that soon if all goes well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macgirl Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Make one that look like KDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbz Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 KDE? No. Pleeeaaaase don't make one that looks like KDE anyways... looks cool, can't wait to try it out, see what it's like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 Looks aren't final, but we are *hoping* to have a skinnable release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InorganicMatter Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I'm a firm believer in leaving desktop shells in Windows and Mac OS alone. They just aren't made to be modified, and every time I thought I would be adventuresome with them, I only got myself in trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scj312 Posted January 23, 2008 Share Posted January 23, 2008 I'm a firm believer in leaving desktop shells in Windows and Mac OS alone. They just aren't made to be modified, and every time I thought I would be adventuresome with them, I only got myself in trouble. Cairo doesn't modify any system files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToA Posted January 24, 2008 Share Posted January 24, 2008 I love the look, very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBSONATOR Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Thats rediculous, why would you want to add all of that bloated {censored} software to an already bloated operating system? get Linux or OSX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 Because it's probably NOT bloated and runs a lot better than the explorer shell? Hmm... are we showing a bit of a fanboi side? I love to chew them to bits. Like kitty litter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOBSONATOR Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Because it's probably NOT bloated and runs a lot better than the explorer shell? Hmm... are we showing a bit of a fanboi side? I love to chew them to bits. Like kitty litter. Vista not bloated? lawl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmdshft Posted January 25, 2008 Author Share Posted January 25, 2008 Who said anything about Vista? I assumed you were saying Cairo was bloated and that was what my response was based off of. Please learn english. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socal swimmer Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 Who said anything about Vista? I assumed you were saying Cairo was bloated and that was what my response was based off of. Please learn english. please chill out and learn better english so how does this work? How does it replace the explorer shell without modifying system files? I'm assuming it doesn't run on top of explorer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colonel Posted January 25, 2008 Share Posted January 25, 2008 No 3rd party app can match the raw power of Explorer. Just my opinion though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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