Why would I want this? Windows 95 is ugly af.
Make Linux look like Windows 95
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#192Even though I love the overall GUI feel of Windows 95/98, I absolutely hate the command prompt. Linux terminals are so much more ergonomic
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#193Earlier quoted context omitted.
I hated gradients on Windows. They looked as if the "stepped out" from the GUI. They broke the "3D layering" illusion.
Gradients would have looked bad with 8-bit color, which was still very much in use in the 1990s. Solid color was the reasonable choice back then.
Windows 98 didn't allow gradients on 256 color (8-bit) modes. You had to use at least high color (16-bit). (Win 95 didn't have gradients.)
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#194I wish I could get windows 10/11 to look like that. Seems like the last version of windows that would let you use that style of window decorations was Windows Server 2008.
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#195Can anyone think of a reason why to do this? Apart from personal fun project, of course!
Because we hit peak desktop right around Windows 2000. Just about everything since then has been a step backwards in speed and usability. The Mac Finder is a hot mess and seems to get worse with every release. The 964 different desktops available for Linux are in general a hodgepodge of slow impossible-to-use disasters. A notable exception is XFCE but it's a bit of a second-class citizen and even things in XFCE don't…
I'd argue that we hit peak desktop with OSX Snow Leopard.
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#196I have used themes like this on Linux and also some to make it look like MacOS. What I really want on Linux are tools that are written to be exactly like Windows, no more no less. Why? Well in addition to the numerous OS related problems I seem to encounter every time I go back and do a clean install of a distro like Ubuntu I am also annoyed by how poorly designed many of the basic tools like the calculator is. The W…
Not Plasma?
https://i0.wp.com/9to5linux.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/k...
The idea of using Windows 95 instead of Plasma is just absurd to me.
Windows 95 Explorer vs Dolphin? What?
Re: Make Linux look like Windows 95
#197Very cool! I've actually been looking for something like this recently
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#198Re: Make Linux look like Windows 95
#199Earlier quoted context omitted.
Because we hit peak desktop right around Windows 2000. Just about everything since then has been a step backwards in speed and usability. The Mac Finder is a hot mess and seems to get worse with every release. The 964 different desktops available for Linux are in general a hodgepodge of slow impossible-to-use disasters. A notable exception is XFCE but it's a bit of a second-class citizen and even things in XFCE don't…
> we hit peak desktop right around Windows 2000 I could not disagree more strongly. Win2000 buttons are tiny, drag areas are tiny, basically everything is tiny and unclickable. I strongly prefer the generously-proportioned, touch-inspired interfaces of the last 4-5 years.
Please, go install Windows 2000 under Qemu at 1024x768 resolution, then press ctrl-alt-f to set the Window to a scaled fullscreen desktop. Do you feel it as tiny? That's how we saw Windows 2000 back in the day on a CRT monitor.
Re: Make Linux look like Windows 95
#200I have used themes like this on Linux and also some to make it look like MacOS. What I really want on Linux are tools that are written to be exactly like Windows, no more no less. Why? Well in addition to the numerous OS related problems I seem to encounter every time I go back and do a clean install of a distro like Ubuntu I am also annoyed by how poorly designed many of the basic tools like the calculator is. The W…
FYI, there's a port of the Windows calculator to Linux (and a bunch of other platforms): https://github.com/unoplatform/calculator
Darn, its the new calculator. I actually delete this on a fresh Windows 10 install and if you search, there is an installer floating around that re-adds the Windows 7 calculator. It takes much longer for this new calculator to boot up and you can feel the bloat when using it.