Chicago95
A rendition of everyone's favorite 1995 Microsoft operating system for Linux. (by grassmunk)
98.css
A design system for building faithful recreations of old UIs (by jdan)
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For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Chicago95
Posts with mentions or reviews of Chicago95.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-03.
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Supermium – Chromium fork for Win 2003 and newer
If that's a concern for you, there are themes for GTK3 and GTK4 that replicate classic 3D widgets and remove much of the excess padding in modern apps. https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-95 https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95 (You should install both; Chicago95 is more actively developed, but B00merang gives you a GTK+4 theme that's currently missing from Chicago95.) Works reasonably well as a daily-driver, giving you a similar look to the modern SerenityOS GUI on a standard Linux system. Even the modern GTK+4 "responsive" apps work as designed, with some non-critical graphical quirks.
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Progman: X11 WM modeled after Program Manager from the Windows 3 era
https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
Chicago was the code name for the development version of the highly anticipated Windows95
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Haiku OS: The Open Source BeOS You Can Daily Drive in 2024
Haven’t tried it, but there’s https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
- Windowsi kasutajad, kuidas tee nii vähese 🪟-sisaldusega hakkama saate?
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Ubuntu 90s theme
Might be looking for something closer to this: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
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OS/2 Warp, PowerPC Edition
I bloody want my Linux and apps on it to look like this or something of this flavour. Most retro themes are poor quality shams (Chicago95[1] is the only good one, yet still not perfect). I feel like I would gladly pay serious money for a really high quality conversion of all the parts, including themes for all widget libraries and no quirks.
[1]https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
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Looking for a specific 'subgenre' of digital minimalism - "Retro digital"?
Chicago95
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Exploring Windows XP on macOS ARM64
Related: you can make Linux look like Windows 95 (98/2000/XP), icons and all: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95
It works really well.
- Chicago95 – Windows 95 Theme for Linux
98.css
Posts with mentions or reviews of 98.css.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-22.
- Krazam OS
- I Used Netscape Composer in 2024
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Show HN: React95 – a React components library recreating the look of Windows 95
I collect niche Operating System CSS!
- [98.css](https://github.com/jdan/98.css): A Windows 98 inspired framework for building faithful recreations of old UIs. -
What in the name of all that's holy is going on with software ?
What would they teach - the classic "complete and consistent" UI philopsophies would be either Xerox Star, NextSTEP, or Windows 98 style - and they're mostly not something you can use any more.
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Welcome to My GUI Gallery
Windows 98 https://jdan.github.io/98.css/
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Can you do this in two days?
I was thinking more like that Win98.css library
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Win98 style Server Dashboard
Hi! Recently updated my home server and wanted to try something new. Since making startpages and stuff is fun decided to give it a try to something vintage. I used the 98.css stylesheet which is pretty cool.
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Nice modern vintage looking website from the strokes
Take a look at this, a CSS library that mimics Windows 98.
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Base CSS: https://jdan.github.io/98.css/ Used TailwindCSS in addition to this Compiled down using Vite
- 98.css: CSS library for building interfaces that look like Windows 98
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Chicago95 and 98.css you can also consider the following projects:
Windows-XP - Windows XP themes
Primer - The CSS design system that powers GitHub
xfce-winxp-tc - Windows XP stuff for XFCE
bootswatch - Themes for Bootstrap
serenity - The Serenity Operating System 🐞
Tailwind CSS - A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
imgui-win98 - Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Immediate Mode Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies
aseprite - Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux)
UI kit - A lightweight and modular front-end framework for developing fast and powerful web interfaces
Chicagofier - An automatic Chicago95 script for Xubuntu
NES.css - NES-style CSS Framework | ファミコン風CSSフレームワーク