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Really nice, though it begs the question; seeing as you can't meaningfully affect Windows 8's design without joining Microsoft on the relevant team(s), why not apply your design skills to the Linux desktop, either Gnome or KDE (I don't know which is more popular as I'm not really a Linux user). Improving the Linux GUI's presentation is always a good thing in terms of improving end-user adoption.

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Would be a great theme for Ubuntu or something similar, indeed. Ps, I'm not the designer - just thought of this when I saw the Windows 8 logo concept on HN

Elegant Brit is the most similar, and is my favorite set of themes. http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/?content=74553

Being a Windows mockup doesn't mean Gnome or KDE can't take inspiration from it. :)

Actually when this was first made (a few months ago) it was just an experiment to see how Metro styles and concepts could be applied to the desktop. Back then the Win8 builds were still all using Aero and there was no hint of a new style, so in retrospect it got quite a few things right.

I saw a KDE5 mockup some months ago (Back in January I think). It looks like this mockup, look: http://kde-look.org/CONTENT/content-pre1/148657-1.png

Looks very "metro" to me.

This GNOME theme looks very nice and minimalist too..

"Full flat GTK3 theme": http://lgsalvati.deviantart.com/art/Full-flat-GTK3-theme-255...

Gnome is probably more popular. My believe is that KDE is much more superior, at least on the surface. KDE is highly skinable, I'd say Gnome is too. There are thousands of various themes available and this one would be lost between them. Windows is skinable as well, and you have hundreds and thousands of themes for it as well.

So you can do this as a hobby, mostly for a portfolio.

Or sell it as a theme and make money off it.

Can't remember the last time I payed for a theme. Especially since they look great on a screenshot but often turn out irritating in use.

If making money with linux (on the customer side) would be that easy there would be more usable and good looking software.

But asking money for end user software is something you really don't do on linux so there's no really well designed software.

I partially agree. Developers do the UX/UI design and it's very bad most of the time.

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