this post was submitted on 22 Sep 2026
120 points (99.2% liked)
technology
24510 readers
53 users here now
On the road to fully automated luxury gay space communism.
Spreading Linux propaganda since 2020
- Ways to run Microsoft/Adobe and more on Linux
- The Ultimate FOSS Guide For Android
- Great libre software on Windows
- Hey you, the lib still using Chrome. Read this post!
Rules:
- 1. Obviously abide by the sitewide code of conduct. Bigotry will be met with an immediate ban
- 2. This community is about technology. Offtopic is permitted as long as it is kept in the comment sections
- 3. Although this is not /c/libre, FOSS related posting is tolerated, and even welcome in the case of effort posts
- 4. We believe technology should be liberating. As such, avoid promoting proprietary and/or bourgeois technology
- 5. Explanatory posts to correct the potential mistakes a comrade made in a post of their own are allowed, as long as they remain respectful
- 6. No crypto (Bitcoin, NFT, etc.) speculation, unless it is purely informative and not too cringe
- 7. Absolutely no tech bro shit. If you have a good opinion of Silicon Valley billionaires please manifest yourself so we can ban you.
founded 6 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
Okay I have to say it: I've never understood the drive to theme your linux DE like fuckin' Windows. I know there's nostalgia for the gray 9x window decorations, but the infinite fondness for Luna or Aero baffles me. LARPing as an infinitely shittier OS...
ⓘ Remember to enable JPEG-XL support in your browser, even on your phone!
Absolute Nostalgia Bait. Or maybe it's a kink thing knowing that you're safe within the confines of KDE
. It's Windows' fault for adopting a new design language every single release to sell people the same computer with more ads.
This is how I'm gonna see it for the rest of my life
lmao. Also at least you could tell W7 to larp 9x, that was kinda worthwhile...
ⓘ Remember to enable JPEG-XL support in your browser, even on your phone!
Nostalgia is really powerful sometimes. I also don't get why people go to such lengths to make it look like Windows, at least modern Windows that is, I get the appeal of older Windows to a certain degree. You can do so much in terms of customization on Linux that it feels wrong to want to settle for so little with just copying Windows.
Ikr, especially because I used to spend to much of my time in Windows trying to customise it to be usable... Default KDE is preferable imo.
ⓘ Remember to enable JPEG-XL support in your browser, even on your phone!
I pulled up screenshots of Tron and pulled the color palettes from that. Why would you want to be windows when you can be cool?
ⓘ Remember to enable JPEG-XL support in your browser, even on your phone!
I'll give GNOME 1.x users a pass on aping windows themes because well... look at it.
This one?
I kinda like it more than 9x honestly.
ⓘ Remember to enable JPEG-XL support in your browser, even on your phone!
Yeah
Looking at this screenshot makes me realize how much GNOME has evolved (for the better).
The web search menubar option would not fly nowadays.