But at least it’s windows XP, right?
Windows 8… or Windows 11 😬
There is a scale of psychopathy…
XP
Powershell
That’s one of the bad ones
Honestly, 8 and 8.1 weren’t bad visually (technically a whole different matter). I wouldn’t mind making my WM resemble good old Windows 8, but actually has a sane technical base of Linux underneath it.
It was the one with the weird start menu wasn’t it? Also wasn’t it the one that they started adding the second duplicate ui in a half assed way?
Like where they ended up with 2 control panels
Yeah, Microsoft removed the Start Menu and added full screen tiles, that were widgets that updated with stuff (like news). I don’t remember when the two 2 control panels things happened, Windows had always been a mess to me up to that point. It could’ve been sooner or later, because Windows was built with legacy support in mind.
DOS
XP, though? Hell yeah. I still miss that theme.
Lol, I grew up with the 98se theme and xp theme, and at this point i just think they’re both incredibly ugly. Peak windows desktop prettiness and usability was windows 7 for me.
Put this thing in a VM and then let a scammer remote into it, see what he does.
I disabled the UI stuff where it would look like Windows 2000 from XP until it stopped letting me. Different strokes, I guess.
98 SE.
Windows 95 blew my mind.
Then windows 98 preview also was amazeballs
XP or NT, I’d go back
The Media Center theme was a nice twist on the default XP theme I’ll admit.
I used Royale Blue for ages, it was super easy to find the installer for and was signed by M$ so needed no UXTheme patch.
There was also Royale Noir and Royale Zune. Noir is a dark theme (Not to be confused with dark mode) and Zune, which was a different shade of black and sported an orange start button. Lastly there was also Royale Embedded which was a darker shade of blue, and had a blue Start button.
Vista
vista and 7 both look really good, so thats fair
Windows Me!
WindowsME
Psychopath
The Mountain Dew Baja blast of windows releases
Inexplicably beloved by furries?
… no hang on, that actually tracks.
meanwhile I’m over here making NixOS look like NeXTStep
I tweak my Linux to look like TempleOS.
Do you have the routine that shuffles bible verses?
Of course, 3d sprites included.
I miss some of the explorer features. Specially right click dragging.
I also have some trouble balancing all the smaller storage devices that get used by programs.
I went in the far opposite direction, I tried to make Mint look like an entirely fictional OS, of the sort that might be seen in a video game.
… well you can’t just say that and not provide screenshots, that sounds cool AF
The left dock is Plank Reloaded and it tucks out of sight when stuff gets maximized. Same for the top bar too. The turtle in both of them is the applications menu. System font across everything is Inter, and the terminal font is Special Elite.
Can’t really take a screenshot of my login screen.
…that’s just the default ubuntu greeter with a different background.
Indeed! Mostly cause I don’t really quite get how to replace the greeter. But I followed up with a separate comment written from my computer instead of my phone. :)
oh hey there we go! i recognise all the components and themes so it’s still familiar, but it’s unique which is nice.
if you really want it to feel like an alien os, give eagle mode a look. that one really wrinkles your brain.
🐢
might not be too good for turtles, no
Win 7’s interface was good for a number of reasons and that’s why my UI looks even more like it than the stock Cinnamon themes, which are already a deliberate rip-off.
If that makes people think me a psycho, so be it.
I also tweak my Windows to mimic Linux
I call it OuroborOS
which linux? android? a smart fridge? a cars infotainment system? hannah montana linux? biebian? amogos?
Yes
iTweak my Linux to look like a Mac.
Fucking r[slur redacted]
I tweak my linux so it becomes a prison for anyone that boots that isn’t me, we are not the same.
“what in the fuck is a luks?”
Reminds me of this youtuber that fell for a scammer’s bait intentionally except he was in a VM of hannah montana linux. The scammer was so fucking confused haha
Got a link?
I don’t have a link either, but i’d check Kitboga’s channel, he is usually screwing around with scammers in insane ways
That’s why I log in through tty. What comes next is anyone’s guess. Nerd wizardry.
If someone that isn’t me can competently use my computer I consider it a personal failing. Always open to tips
There’s nothing wrong with tuning your UI to match one you’re more comfortable with. Thats the beauty of Linux.
I wish I could tweak Win 11 to look like Win 7. The only improvement since then was putting the Folder Up button back and adding tabs to Explorer, everything else is worse.
Exact same. That missing up button alone made me not like Windows 7, I didn’t realize how much I relied on it in xp. I have one pc that I keep Windows 11 on for work because there’s just too much niche software I need that only supports Windows, but everything else is Linux at this point.
There’s this project you could try in a vm https://classic7.lol/
Being comfortable with something is overrated, try new things and see what clicks for you. I never understood the “it’s what I’m used to” thing, that just drives me crazy because you are so aware of the issues and there’s never any excitement and interest of discovery. And I don’t mean that you need to change everything all the time, I very much have specific things that I go to great lengths to have but I have those because I’ve found them and nothing else has come close to feeling as good.
I used to do this, and it meant I’d hold onto old habits and never used my current OS how it was intended.
This wasnt just for Linux either, I’d try using Win95 like 3.1, I’d try using XP like 98, I’d try using win 8 like 7, I’d try using OS X like Windows and I’d try using Linux like OS X or like Windows.
When I decided to learn the OS I was using (which didn’t take much effort, but was a bit of a conscious decision) I had a much better time, less frustrated and more comfortable.
That would always be my recommendation to anyone switching OS (Or DE) learn it the way it was intended and you’ll have a much better time
The way my OS was intended was to be windowslike.
It uses kwin
I always loved the MacOS UI, so I emulate it in Linux. The visuals without the OS itself is just 👌
I use KDE because it looks like Windows 10… also gnome feet.
I love feet, but hate gnome 😞
I don’t like feet but yolerate gnome 😞
The fuck? When opening the screenshots and scroll half way through the XFCE4 Screensaver lock screen my monitor starts blinking like crazy.
🎼when a grid’s misaligned with another behind
that’s a moiré
Well, does choosing Mint+Cinnamon for familiarity count?
