But kde is so nice
It's windows that mimics kde plasma tho
You can make kde macOS, easy, if you really want. KDE is whatever you want it to be
Only acceptable if Windows 98 or earlier.
I am a fan of Vista, but 95 was my gateway drug to tech. I remember when I was like, 4? And I discovered that exes were like, huge! But lnks, tiny! Why do we have all these space-hogging exes anyway? Begone! Look dad, I saved us so much drive space! Why does nothing work now?
And that's basically been my method of learning ever since. How much can you really break, before it's broken, and why? Let's find out!
I used to mess with my windows Millenium so much and deleting random files and changing regex and understanding how things worked that tech support guy was almost every 2 weeks there reinstalling the system for me. And that was how they started to give me copies of the cds to install myself so I wouldn't bother them so much.
Getting the windows ME installation disks (floppys) was how I started learning my way around computers. I could experiment with the registry and other files and if I broke something I could just to re install the OS
I am a fan of Vista
Alright, let's get out the burning stakes.
Vista did a bunch of great things... It added BitLocker drive encryption. It added the Snipping Tool for screenshots. It added a newer driver model that end up making drivers far more reliable than on Windows 9x and XP. It required drivers to be signed, which helps a lot with security. It added UAC, which was initially painful but also really helped improve security (no more running every single process with admin permissions). It moved C:\Documents and Settings\ to C:\Users so we didn't have to type that long path any more. And probably a bunch of others I'm forgetting
It was kinda half-baked at the time, but these are all major defining features of Windows. It just took a while for them to become stable.
Self-healing capabilities, and the ability to do an 'in-place upgrade' (installing win over itself without data loss) were huge too. I had to wipe + reinstall XP dozens of times throughout the years, often for some small bullshit. I was a Vista beta tester, and got a copy for my machine as soon as it went gold. I went all-in and it was actually a fantastic OS. 7 was good too, but it didn't do that much new, comparatively. It stood on the shoulders of giants.
All live Windows Longhorn (Vista).
format? Why yes I'd want a properly formatted drive let me just run that.
Look ma, we have so much space now!
I had to convince my cousin I bought him a Mac, but I didn't want to support a Mac, so I tweaked KDE to look like OSX. He thought it was great how cheap he got a laptop, and was surprised Dell made Macs now. Had him fooled for about 2 years until he asked some kid to help him do something.
I just shrugged and asked him if he'd have known if he hadn't been told. Yah, cuz knows cows, not computers.
Is this like a real anecdote? Two years… no problems no questions ?
If you’re setting up a computer for family then you’re the one who deals with the problems
For most people that is just running a browser so issues are unlikely to surface
Come on, everyone knows you're supposed to tweak your Linux to look like MacOS on mushrooms.
I have MATE setup to look like OSX. Beach ball go BRRR.
I was gonna say, everyone I know and myself tweaks them to look like a Mac. 😆
Apple is really the only company that did serious research on building their initial UIs with their human interface guidelines. It’s clear they don’t anymore, and everything is about driving engagement or whatever, but like during the golden era of OS X, Tiger, their UI was far superior, and most desktop environments borrow much of that stuff to this day. I now want a hat that says “Make macOS Tiger again”
When I ran Cinnamon Mint I definitely did this. Looked like Windows 7.
Can you make it have those Aero glass effects that was the coolest shit
Legitimately best OS theme ever.
On the contrary, if you do that, some users wouldn't even notice they switched to linux!
Or you can do a little trolling
I fucking love KDEs Windows 95 theming for some of the interface, while still looking sleek and fast as hell. That and the Plastik theme for the minimize, fullscreen, and exit buttons. :)
Funny, I tweaked my Linux PC at work to look like Windows XP. It's so cursed, I love it.
Believes anyone asking for tech support is consciously aware of Windows versions
Lol. Lmao even
I do this, legitimately -- but with a very specific application: Firefox. On Windows, I can get firefox top border to a VERY small amount. But for some reason, in the past -- every Linux distro I found, when Firefox is maximized, I still get an additional window decoration on the top, above the browser tabs. My Firefox bar on Windows only takes up 64 pixels of height.
For those that like firefox drawing its titlebar instead of using the system one (I can those psychopaths) it's literally a right click on some part of the ui, customize and at bottom there's an option about which titlebar to use.
For thise that like firefox drawing its titlebar instead of using the system one (I can those psychopaths)
Psychopath here. I'm so much of a psychopath, I made a custom userChrome css to fix Firefox not using the system gtk decorations when using themes.
Honestly, you do you.
i used to tweak windows to look like Linux.
you mean move the task bar to the side or top?
yep. and a wallpaper too.
Windows 11 be like: We don't do that anymore!
That is actually what brought me back to Linux, I used to run Ubuntu and then Mint around 2010 but had to switch to Windows for work (and stuck around because it works well enough) but the taskbar being stuck on the bottom bothered me enough to finally make the switch back.
Eh, if you like the style, theme it to your heart's content
meanwhile me with my install of Void Linux using the Chicago95 theme...
I've been using Fedora (Gnome) on my laptop, but I'm going to try the KDE spin when my Framework ships. From what I hear it's possible to theme KDE like, infinitely, including iirc a windows 95 theme? Ideally I'll be able to keep that theme and a more "regular" theme and swap at will, only time shall tell. I don't think I could do it 24/7 though.
Well... I did, it was fun to see the IT support team of my work shaking every time they access my machine to some maintenance:
I wish I was as stronk as yall. Please be gentle, for I am soft and full of MS-PTSD.
Maybe not Psychopath but definitely cursed
I use Arch btw
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