This is pretty much how elementaryOS started. If I remember correctly, Daniel Foré started an icon set, then Xubuntu was forked and reskinned. As more developer

This is pretty much how elementaryOS started. If I remember correctly, Daniel Foré started an icon set, then Xubuntu was forked and reskinned. As more developers flocked to elementaryOS, the whole desktop stack was rebuild on GTK+ and Vala. In fact, Enso OS is pretty much a mix of Xubuntu and elementaryOS: > The window manager is a fork from gala https://github.com/nick92/Enso-OS/tree/master/galal https://github.com/nick92/Enso-OS/tree/master/galal > The Greeter is a fork of pantheon-greeter https://github.com/nick92/Enso-OS/tree/master/greeter https://github.com/nick92/Enso-OS/tree/master/greeter > The application menu is a fork of slingshot-launcher https://github.com/nick92/Enso-OS/tree/master/panther_launcher https://github.com/nick92/Enso-OS/tree/master/panther_launch... > It also uses elementaryOSs AppCenter (renamed to App Hive) https://github.com/nick92/apphive https://github.com/nick92/apphive