Debian Unstable (often called Sid) is a branch of the Debian operating system designed for active development of new versions of packages. It is considered the most recent, but also the most unstable of the three main branches of Debian. Other software comes with Oldversion and runs under Wine. Xfce Desktop Environments
I found an Irix theme for Plasma but it didn’t work. I’m running a CDE theme in the mean time. I’m especially impressed by all the little details.
BonziBuddy, lol
y tho.
I concur I CONCUR
I put one that mimics 95 on my laptop, it’s pretty fun
Sure, but why?
What a horrible thing to do to Linux.
that’s an interesting way to say “absolutely goddamn incredible”
It is hard God damn work, making something this pretty look like a chump! -WhiteMenCantJump
Without context, the image isn’t that impressive. If nothing XP-related actually works and it’s just a display exercise, it’s just a 20-something year old skin import.
If absolutely everything works in the manner XP worked, then it’s incredibly impressive.
if absolutely everything works in the manner xp worked, why not just use xp?
I use a Windows XP computer (for distraction-free writing using old DOS word processors) and a bunch of Linux and Windows 11 PCs. Being in contact with XP regularly, I don’t experience any desire to go back to doing things like that. It’s really rough compared to modern Linux.
…but still nicer than 11, right?
You don’t get the same feeling of suspicion about what the machine is up to. Windows 11 feels like the computer spends just enough time doing what you want that you don’t walk away forever in frustration, but most of the resources are spent doing unspecified things in the background for people you don’t know, who are very interested in what you’re doing. My Windows XP machine’s CPU scores 75 on Passmark, while my Windows 11 machine scores about 46,000. But the speed at which they do many ordinary things isn’t so different, because Windows 11 does so much heavy stuff in the background. My Linux machines (scoring between 8,000 and 28,000) all feel tangibly faster than Win 11.
So, a BSOD? Or a Zip Drive ‘click of death’?
I do find recreating the whole theme of XP pretty impressive, it must have taken a lot more than just a “skin import”.
Maybe it’s just nostalgia, but I’ve fond memories of WXP, back then when I still bother dual booting.
That’s why I use an XP theme even these days, I’m using B00merang-Project/Windows-XP
Just don’t let the 12 year old install LimeWire onto that thing
Oh man that takes me back lmao
Breaking computers taught me a lot about them.
It’s already there! Top left
lol … I never noticed … just like the 12 year old who installed Limewire on the family computer
That floppy begs to be copied.
Welp, if everything works right, then thats EXACTLY what i wanted from linux.
dotfiles?
would be willing to actually set this up for myself on some device, this almost looks perfect besides the icons on the desktop being a bit too far apart than they are on XP for real
also please implement arrange by penis for desktop icons
Wow, I haven’t seen that in like two decades!
not planned, sorry
also now that I think about it, doing this sort of theme is not really a thing I’d want to be involved in (was never into “ricing” type stuff tbh), though I might just make myself do it if I really wanted to see that sight come from my own Linux install instead of OP’s
It is nearly perfect, wtf
Where are the imperfections? How do we know it’s not just really Windows
I see few of these, but there might be more:
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The icons on the desktop are too apart from each other.
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The icon for a floppy disk is much different to what’s on Windows XP.
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I think program names in the taskbar are 1 or 2 pixels too high, but I might be wrong.
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The icons in the notification area are too close to each other.
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Last icon in the notification area is too close to the clock.
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There’s too much padding to the left of notification area icons.
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There’s too much padding to the right of the taskbar clock.
Also, what’s up with the tasks in the taskbar?
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Is this xfce-winxp-tc? I ‘ve played with it before and it’s awesome.
However, I don’t use it because while the XP start menu replica is cool, I need a Win7-style search bar, and Whiskermenu sticks pit like a sore thumb here.
I think a 7 replica would be awesome, but I think some parts of Aero can only truly be replicated with a new WM and DE, such as the color changes in the taskbar for different applications. Many themes just fall short - proportions and effects are slightly off and such.
