I do this, but largely around customizable tiling, keyboard shortcuts, low to no animations, and RDP.
As far as actual -theme- that seems insane.
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I tried doing this at first, but i just kept being frustrated every time something wasn't like on windows...
Then i gave tiling managers (i3 specifically) a try...
Here I am now daily-driving Hyprland and writing custom ui with quickshell...
I tweak my Linux to look like TempleOS.
Do you have the routine that shuffles bible verses?
Of course, 3d sprites included.
Anyone with handwriting that meticulous is the real psycho
This, but I use the XP desktop image. I call it Winux. Let the hate flow through you.
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That's no problem actually, given that Windows frequently copied KDE you'd just go full circle
I made WinTile for gnome. Gave me back quarter tiling.
I do bind Ctrl-E for a new file browser and Ctrl-D to show desktop which I picked up from Windows.
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.
Canβt really take a screenshot of my login screen.
...that's just the default ubuntu greeter with a different background.
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Yes... but it's really... WINDOWS 98.
I always loved the MacOS UI, so I emulate it in Linux. The visuals without the OS itself is just π
It was funny the first 5000 times I saw someone do it, but now it feels like I'm on a 5th date with someone who is still going on a monologue about epicly owning their bitch ex.
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 tweak mine to mimic OS/2. It's why I have a panel at the top of my screen to mimic the one in OS/2 Warp 4.
meanwhile I'm over here making NixOS look like NeXTStep
When all I had was a netbook with 1gb of ram and really weak intel atom cpu, I've done the same, not for estetic reasons (there was a qtcurve theme that looked like gray windows theme of win 2000 - but worse, but it was extremely configurable and with it netbook turned into something marginally usable with kde 4.x).
I tweak my Plasma to look like Gnome.
"We tweaked your windows to mimic linux"
-Microslop, after windows 10