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minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 months agoThe icons made your eyes twitch, but the Vista didn’t?
minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 months agoThe lesser of problems, I’d wager. Managed to bypass Vista… and 8. shudders
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 months agoLol, dude should just slip in some skinned-up Linux Mint. Dad’s mind would be blown because OMG it’s so fast now!
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-28 months agohttps://gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma (currently daily driving this)
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-28 months agoFunny, because this looks a lot like how Longhorn did/was supposed to. Very pretty for its time. Longhorn broke my heart, and I haven’t used Windows since (except to play Fallout)
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoAgreed, I am also a Longhorn enthusiast
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoBeta testing Longhorn, and it’s failure, just killed my last ounce of faith in MS. I went and bought a Mac after that, lol. TBH, being into Macs are what got me into UNIX and Linux, though, so that’s something.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-28 months agoA while back I wanted to make a Longhorn-style fork of Haiku (imo the sweet spot between windows and linux), although I ended up quitting because it was too much work Here are some mockups
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoNow I’m trying to imagine Haiku, but with that Aero glass theme.
minus-squareDaGeek247@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 months agoYou’re sure it’s not 7? I loved the glass that 7 had.
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·8 months agoThe task bar on 7 Looked Way better
The icons made your eyes twitch, but the Vista didn’t?
The lesser of problems, I’d wager. Managed to bypass Vista… and 8. shudders
Lol, dude should just slip in some skinned-up Linux Mint. Dad’s mind would be blown because OMG it’s so fast now!
https://gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma
(currently daily driving this)
Funny, because this looks a lot like how Longhorn did/was supposed to. Very pretty for its time.
Longhorn broke my heart, and I haven’t used Windows since (except to play Fallout)
Agreed, I am also a Longhorn enthusiast
Beta testing Longhorn, and it’s failure, just killed my last ounce of faith in MS. I went and bought a Mac after that, lol.
TBH, being into Macs are what got me into UNIX and Linux, though, so that’s something.
A while back I wanted to make a Longhorn-style fork of Haiku (imo the sweet spot between windows and linux), although I ended up quitting because it was too much work
Here are some mockups
Now I’m trying to imagine Haiku, but with that Aero glass theme.
You’re sure it’s not 7? I loved the glass that 7 had.
The task bar on 7 Looked Way better
It is imo