While Hermès' answer is totally correct, let me outline our reasons for that.
First of all, you are right that ReactOS needs to work on its outer appearance. Many ReactOS developers agree with that and this is also what the press criticizes first on each ReactOS release.
However, that problem isn't solved by simply ripping off the Windows 8 look & feel and violating Microsoft's copyrights in the process. ReactOS needs a distinct theme to be memorized as a unique operating system and not just a poor copy of Windows.
Besides, GreenteaOS has imported their theme without any information about sources and copyrights (https://github.com/GreenteaOS/Deprecated/commit/1a75a25554427dc79a87a718ac67...) and apparently wants no association with ReactOS (https://github.com/GreenteaOS/Deprecated/commit/74db330786c0ee27bd76cf34a315...). Therefore, the only safe thing for us is staying away from any GreenteaOS files as well.
Cheers,
Colin
Am 08.09.2018 um 23:58 schrieb Hermès BÉLUSCA-MAÏTO:
Please don't include any "GreenteaOS" stuff in ReactOS!!
Hermès.
-----Message d'origine----- De : Ros-dev [mailto:ros-dev-bounces@reactos.org] De la part de theUser BL Envoyé : samedi 8 septembre 2018 16:54 À : ros-dev@reactos.org Objet : [ros-dev] Win8 theme for ReactOS?
A while ago I have asked in the forum, if the modified Lautus-theme of GreenteaOS could beintegrated in ReactOS https://www.reactos.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=16788 Sadly the theme is called in GreenteaOS Lautus, too. Here the source of it https://github.com/GreenteaOS/Deprecated/tree/master/third- party/reactos/media/themes/lautus.msstyles But it looks like Windows 8.
Here a screenshot of the Greentea Windows 8 like theme on ReactOS. Choose one link. I have uploaded it multiple times on multiple places, because some picture-uploading-sides delete its files from time to time
https://image.ibb.co/gTsPkU/Virtual_Box_React_OS_0_4_9_08_09_2018_16_2 2_18.png http://img4host.net/upload/081642005b93dfb8c233a.png https://img3.picload.org/image/dlpgdlow/virtualbox_reactos0.4.9_08_09_.png https://cdn3.imggmi.com/uploads/2018/9/8/e016c5a6842640ac5f7436ee2e9b 04e7-full.png https://i.imgur.com/mCUvsLy.png
EmuandCo is against the integration of the Win8-theme in ReactOS. But he is the only ReactOS-developer in the ReactOS-forum. So I now also ask here, what the other developers thinking about it.
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