Chicago95
A rendition of everyone's favorite 1995 Microsoft operating system for Linux. (by grassmunk)
xfce-winxp-tc
Windows XP stuff for XFCE (by rozniak)
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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
xfce-winxp-tc
Posts with mentions or reviews of xfce-winxp-tc.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-02.
- Windows XP Stuff for XFCE
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Got this baby today building a second system for old games
Better looking but less polished: https://github.com/rozniak/xfce-winxp-tc
- Linux for Grandmas >>> Linux for Engineers
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Preference window on the linux client becomes scrollable sometimes
This though, is a pretty well-known theme for the XFCE desktop
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Even less than Cinnamon , manjaro xfce uses 2 gb ram while windows needs almost 6 for the same thing(browsing/office)
If thats the case, allow me to introduce you to xp-xfce-tc. It is a bit buggy, and a pain in the ass to setup, but it is great overall. It is focused on Xubuntu and Debian, although someone has got it running on Arch (the base distro of your Manjaro install).
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Whats the best theme for a Windows XP era look?
I am working on making my PC into a Windows XP clone, using xfce-winxp-tc. Does anyone know a good theme make the latest Firefox release look like a browser from Windows XP? I do not mind whether it is Firefox from that time or Internet Explorer style.
- Windows XP look?
- How to start cinnamon de
- A funny prank to play on IT technicians
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Yes! I just love to cause early cardiac failure to IT staff
Use this XFCE theme. It is actually pretty accurate and pretty minimal.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Chicago95 and xfce-winxp-tc you can also consider the following projects:
Windows-XP - Windows XP themes
activate-linux - The "Activate Windows" watermark ported to Linux
serenity - The Serenity Operating System 🐞
Windows-Vista - GTK theme based on Windows Vista appearance
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
Windows-7 - Linux theme based on the apperance of Windows 7
aseprite - Animated sprite editor & pixel art tool (Windows, macOS, Linux)
SpaceCadetPinball - Decompilation of 3D Pinball for Windows – Space Cadet
Chicagofier - An automatic Chicago95 script for Xubuntu
Windows-XP - Remake of classic YlmfOS theme with some mods for icons to scale right
WinClassic - A Discord theme that imitates the appearance of the Windows Classic theme.
Windows-Longhorn - Longhorn beta themes
Chicago95 vs Windows-XP
xfce-winxp-tc vs activate-linux
Chicago95 vs serenity
xfce-winxp-tc vs Windows-Vista
Chicago95 vs RetroBar
xfce-winxp-tc vs Windows-7
Chicago95 vs aseprite
xfce-winxp-tc vs SpaceCadetPinball
Chicago95 vs Chicagofier
xfce-winxp-tc vs Windows-XP
Chicago95 vs WinClassic
xfce-winxp-tc vs Windows-Longhorn