cause no one asks you for tech support if you still running windows XP

I tweak my linux to mimic Temple OS.

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But kde is so nice

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It's windows that mimics kde plasma tho

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You can make kde macOS, easy, if you really want. KDE is whatever you want it to be

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- Standard non-customized KDE is so good I personally don't know why would anyone want it to mimic anything else.
  
  It's what Windows wished it could look like.
  
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Only acceptable if Windows 98 or earlier.

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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!

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- 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.
  
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- I am a fan of Vista
  
  Alright, let's get out the burning stakes.
  
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- format? Why yes I'd want a properly formatted drive let me just run that.
  
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How would I go and simulate win3.11, with programm manager and all.

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- Idk, ask your therapist
  
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- There's a window manager called "progman" https://github.com/jcs/progman but it gives you the look, but not the program selector.
  
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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.

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Is this like a real anecdote? Two years… no problems no questions ?

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- 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
  
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- Really, no issues. Manjaro KDE. All he uses is a browser and WPS Office.
  
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Come on, everyone knows you're supposed to tweak your Linux to look like MacOS on mushrooms.

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I always leaned into "Commercial Unix Workstation Circa 1993". I've considered CDE/NsCDE, but a lot of the pack-in software is of limited value, so I'm going for FVWM on the desktop and MWM on the laptop.

I should mod my big tower case to look like a brother of a HP 712.

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- You can't just post this without screenshots.
  
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I installed Gnome and now everything looks like macOS. Help!!!

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Extension manager flatpak

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Elementary OS 👀

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On the contrary, if you do that, some users wouldn't even notice they switched to linux!

Or you can do a little trolling

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I have MATE setup to look like OSX. Beach ball go BRRR.

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I was gonna say, everyone I know and myself tweaks them to look like a Mac. 😆

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- 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”
  
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- I prefer to make MATE look more like Windows, with the taskbar on the bottom... otherwise, I leave the Applications Launcher Menu as is.
  
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When I ran Cinnamon Mint I definitely did this. Looked like Windows 7.

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Can you make it have those Aero glass effects that was the coolest shit

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- you can on kde plasma
  
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- Legitimately best OS theme ever.
  
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Isn't that already the general vibe of Cinnamon? Windows 7 but with a black-and-green theme.

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- A black-and green-theme AND start menu searching that is accurate and fast.
  
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- Yeah, sorta. But this goes all the way with even more specific styling to look like Windows 7.
  
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Funny, I tweaked my Linux PC at work to look like Windows XP. It's so cursed, I love it.

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XP was peak Windows, good times

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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. :)

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Believes anyone asking for tech support is consciously aware of Windows versions

Lol. Lmao even

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To make my dad switch I made his Mint look like windows, he's happy

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Ah, yes, Redmond theme.

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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.

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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.

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- 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.
  
  github: https://github.com/killjoy1221/firefox-gtk-controls
  
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You need Waterfox! It has that functionality. Your title bar becomes a tab bar.

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You don't like F11 fullscreen?

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- No because I switch tabs constantly.
  
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Honestly, you do you.

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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.

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Windows 11 be like: We don't do that anymore!

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- 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.
  
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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.

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Eh, if you like the style, theme it to your heart's content

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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:

Vídeo: https://bolha.tube/w/wNV9TTvPYPVNHoPPtTu54g

More info: https://mastodon.com.br/@jedi/111743058271602618

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meanwhile me with my install of Void Linux using the Chicago95 theme...

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I'm here wishing I could tweak Windows to work like Gnome

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Or to have a constant UI and functional tools

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I wish I was as stronk as yall. Please be gentle, for I am soft and full of MS-PTSD.

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I mean, if I had the time, skill, and drive, I'd probably go to Hell and back customizing my laptop to look like it's running xp since I think that look still holds up to this day.

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It kinda doesn't IMO. It's a very different style from modern standards, and it uses very bulky interface solutions that were suited for a much weaker computer era.

Like, it's nostalgic and nice, but it's by no means keeping up.

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