This is actually one of the biggest issues I have with Microsoft, every single update they unilaterally push theme changes for basically no reason and no way to go back, this is very disruptive to people and is super counterintuitive. I honestly think that theming is something that should be brought forward and backward and in Windows 11 / 12 you should be able to use themes going all the way back to windows 3 because while it may not be important for most people there are a ton that work better with the interface of old. These projects are great!
Awesome video Sir. I have a bad habit of using an old-style desktop (often LXDE) just because I like older looks. I've seen some new options in this video I didn't know about and look forward to trying them.
One of the biggest problem of modern D.E. and UIs is that a button doesn't looks like a button anymore + everybody puts his own concepts of UX/UI (we used to say Look & Feel, didn't we ?) into their application windows. Compare Signal with Discord with Chrome with Firefox ... I could go on ... Flat design killed buttons (and other things). My late father already had a hard time with floppy disks (everything was a floppy, even DVDs), knowing where his files were located, where he saved them, and so on. Then came the smartphone and everything collapsed into a mess of custom designs and rules. I miss OSF/Motif ;-)
@@gronki1Yes, may be some of them, not all. But you knew where to click (back in the time ...). Take one of those tasteless modern flat button : more often than not you _MUST_ click the text, and _ONLY_ the text to trigger the action. The box of the button is only decoration, aesthetic, nothing happens when clicked. This is infuriating me, especially because I'm not a Web dev (more C/C++/emb), and even I know how to make them behave as a button should. Yes, my HTML/CSS would be bad perhaps, but the Look & Feel would make sense.
Great list and I am particularly impressed with that Chicago95 theme for XFCE. Definitely makes me want to check it out! But you missed two easy ones: running *KDE Plasma with the Willow Desktop* global theme to make it look an almost pixel perfect Windows 11 (which recently has been target of some controversy due to that Wubuntu dealie that uses it as part of its effort to replicate W11 UI) and *NsCDE* which replicates CDE almost perfectly (despite the fact that it is possible to run CDE itself on Linux for some time now, with 90's era jagged fonts and everything) but that surprisingly manages to be decently functional for what it is. Also note that KDE has had a Mac-like unified menubar for a few years now that kinda works like the real thing for KDE and Qt applications but some of the other applications break it.
19:37 Say what you want about Windows Vista, but I loved its start menu, and loathed using older computers with XP, simply because of the search bar. I'll take Chicago95's menu over an exactly faithful recreation of Windows 95's start menu every time. Speaking of Vista, if someone recreated Windows 7's Aero theme (complete with transparency) with the love that Chicago95 shows, I'd probably use it forever. Signed, a happy Chicago95 user.
Win95 look is a bit ugly if you ask me. I loved the Win2k look as the end of that line, just before the XP switch to those horrible crayon-like windows. Also, where's the OS/2 Warp and Win3.1 lookalikes?
The problems with Linux are the big projects obstructing new projects. As primarily a user, old software isn’t being updated to run on new stuff and the chain of dependencies supports a narrowing set of features, making the whole thing more obscure.
Old school desktops/window managers are awesome. Who would not love that unix look.
My god, 8px Tahoma with no antialiasing in 1024x768 on a 21" CRT running at 132 Hz... mmmm... *nostalgic moisting*
This is actually one of the biggest issues I have with Microsoft, every single update they unilaterally push theme changes for basically no reason and no way to go back, this is very disruptive to people and is super counterintuitive. I honestly think that theming is something that should be brought forward and backward and in Windows 11 / 12 you should be able to use themes going all the way back to windows 3 because while it may not be important for most people there are a ton that work better with the interface of old.
These projects are great!
The problem with closed source operating systems is not that you can’t make it look how you want
Awesome video Sir. I have a bad habit of using an old-style desktop (often LXDE) just because I like older looks. I've seen some new options in this video I didn't know about and look forward to trying them.
One of the biggest problem of modern D.E. and UIs is that a button doesn't looks like a button anymore + everybody puts his own concepts of UX/UI (we used to say Look & Feel, didn't we ?) into their application windows.
Compare Signal with Discord with Chrome with Firefox ... I could go on ...
Flat design killed buttons (and other things).
My late father already had a hard time with floppy disks (everything was a floppy, even DVDs), knowing where his files were located, where he saved them, and so on.
Then came the smartphone and everything collapsed into a mess of custom designs and rules.
I miss OSF/Motif ;-)
Buttons were ugly as hell. Not missing them at all
@@gronki1Yes, may be some of them, not all.
But you knew where to click (back in the time ...).
Take one of those tasteless modern flat button : more often than not you _MUST_ click the text, and _ONLY_ the text to trigger the action. The box of the button is only decoration, aesthetic, nothing happens when clicked. This is infuriating me, especially because I'm not a Web dev (more C/C++/emb), and even I know how to make them behave as a button should. Yes, my HTML/CSS would be bad perhaps, but the Look & Feel would make sense.
Enlightenment E17 did most or all of these interfaces, including the LCARS. I miss E....
Great list and I am particularly impressed with that Chicago95 theme for XFCE. Definitely makes me want to check it out! But you missed two easy ones: running *KDE Plasma with the Willow Desktop* global theme to make it look an almost pixel perfect Windows 11 (which recently has been target of some controversy due to that Wubuntu dealie that uses it as part of its effort to replicate W11 UI) and *NsCDE* which replicates CDE almost perfectly (despite the fact that it is possible to run CDE itself on Linux for some time now, with 90's era jagged fonts and everything) but that surprisingly manages to be decently functional for what it is.
Also note that KDE has had a Mac-like unified menubar for a few years now that kinda works like the real thing for KDE and Qt applications but some of the other applications break it.
19:37 Say what you want about Windows Vista, but I loved its start menu, and loathed using older computers with XP, simply because of the search bar. I'll take Chicago95's menu over an exactly faithful recreation of Windows 95's start menu every time.
Speaking of Vista, if someone recreated Windows 7's Aero theme (complete with transparency) with the love that Chicago95 shows, I'd probably use it forever.
Signed, a happy Chicago95 user.
Windows Vista is how I discovered Ubuntu. It will always have a special place in my memories for giving me the gift of desperation.
You're so bait and switch Lunduke , I expected a comprehensive tutorial but all I got was a grab bag of promises 🤩
Make the Linux desktop look bold, original and audacious again! We have become too practical and unimaginative lately.
LCARS Baby, YEAH!
Windows95 needs an "Encarta" + maze game and something wild, like the old Packard Bell Home Navigator. I would have to get that installed this day.
Oh, I forgot, pi-hole has a LCARS option !
Win95 look is a bit ugly if you ask me. I loved the Win2k look as the end of that line, just before the XP switch to those horrible crayon-like windows. Also, where's the OS/2 Warp and Win3.1 lookalikes?
The problems with Linux are the big projects obstructing new projects.
As primarily a user, old software isn’t being updated to run on new stuff and the chain of dependencies supports a narrowing set of features, making the whole thing more obscure.
That OS9 theme is broken. I tried it a while back on Debian. The scrollbars and a bunch of other stuff was broken.
Glad to watch this
The whisker menu is good, but not win95 good, let alone as good as windows vista and 7 which have the best menus ever designed.
DON'T make Linux look like any MacOS. Have some respect for Linux
Not available to Brazilians 🥲 thank you brazilian government.