windows and linux screens looking different, why?

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Hello people,

why is the screen color, menus, program windows and etc. in windows looking different. I have seen windows is bright and linux is dull. I do not change monitor settings but I can see differences. Why? Is it the gui libraries in both reason? Please, I want to know about this.

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shankar bhushan

Posted 14-Dec-10 20:54pm

shankar bhushan

Updated 14-Dec-10 21:03pm

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Solution 3

You can test it in following way:-

take two computers with same type of monitors and on default setting...

copy an image file (like .JPEG or .BMP) to both machine, and open them...
you will find no difference.....

Posted 14-Jan-11 8:23am

Ashish Tyagi 40

Solution 1

They are two very different Operative Systems, hence the differences, even in the GUI (that is only the 'apparence'). I wouldn't say Linux is dull, anyway.
:)

Posted 14-Dec-10 21:22pm

CPallini

Solution 2

Are you using Linux of virtual machine not a fault
if yes it is not a fault of Linux....

You should test on actual Linux machine rather then virtual machine....

Posted 14-Jan-11 8:15am

Ashish Tyagi 40

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#realJSOP · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-14T08:26:00

Solution 4

Two different operating systems, but you can make both look like the other if you want to. To avoid legal ramifications, Linux distros can't make their desktops look like Windows or Mac, but the ability for the USER to make these appearance changes is built into the OS (or more accurately, the desktop manager used by the OS).

Posted 14-Jan-11 8:26am

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shankar bhushan 17-Jan-11 4:11am

ok I was got some idea.