OpenJK
Community effort to maintain and improve Jedi Academy (SP & MP) + Jedi Outcast (SP only) released by Raven Software (by JACoders)
Open-Shell-Menu
Classic Shell Reborn. (by Open-Shell)
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| OpenJK | Open-Shell-Menu | |
|---|---|---|
| 16 | 255 | |
| 1,939 | 6,212 | |
| 1.5% | 3.9% | |
| 8.2 | 6.6 | |
| 8 days ago | 20 days ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| GNU General Public License v3.0 only | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
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.
OpenJK
Posts with mentions or reviews of OpenJK.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-08.
- Microsoft could cram more ads into Windows 11 – this time in the Settings app | Recent moves with the Start menu are now being echoed within the Settings panel in testing
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JK-XR: Outcast - The Standalone VR port of Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast
JK XR is a VR port of the Jedi Knight games using OpenXR (the open standard for virtual and augmented reality devices) and is based on the excellent OpenJK port, originally forked from: https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK
- What old video game would you like to see get a remake or a sequel?
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Available on MacBook?
Although you'll probably need to install OpenJK anyway afterwards.
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Jedi Academy: Enhanced v1.1 Trailer - While you wait for JEDI: Survivor, check out lots of customization options, Force Powers and even lightsaber dismemberment option for Jedi Academy
It's still active.
- When I was a kid, I imagined the sequels would be something like that. Oh well...
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[Prime Gaming/Twitch Prime] Prime Day: Mass Effect Legendary Edition (Origin), Need for Speed Heat (Origin), GRID Legends (Origin), STAR WARS Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy, STAR WARS Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast, STAR WARS Republic Commando (Included with Amazon Prime/Prime Gaming membership)
Pro tip the source code was released a few years ago and some fans made some updates: https://github.com/JACoders/OpenJK you only need to download the files from Amazon and then execute from the openjk to enjoy the game fully on modern systems, works with mods too.
- Vanilla or mods?
- ELI5 What are all the Microsoft Visual C++ 20005, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2015-2019... different versions currently on my Windows computer for?
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New @ Steam
There's the OpenJK engine for those. Same way people can play them on the Pi.
Open-Shell-Menu
Posts with mentions or reviews of Open-Shell-Menu.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-24.
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Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone
I've been very happy happy with https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu as a Start Menu replacement. If ads have rolled out to my Windows install, I wouldn't even notice.
- Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look older than the rest?
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Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS
Whenever I set up a new computer for older family members, despite it being windows 11, I always install open shell[1] and retro bar[2]. Between the two, I've made the operating system look very close to Windows XP visually, and they always appreciate it.
[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
[2] https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
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Window Manager / DWM replacement?
There's Open-Shell but it's not exactly a full WM replacement.
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I turned the Windows start icon into Elysia's signet!
Hi yall, I used Open-Shell to change the icon.
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How do I remove the recommended thing in the start menu, or add more space for pinned apps?
There is also Open Shell, a free and open source tool which performs a similar function.
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What is a piece of software that you need but doesn't exist?
I wish so bad there is a port (a fork) of the Legacy Kickoff start menu for Windows: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1083
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Looking for a specific 'subgenre' of digital minimalism - "Retro digital"?
Classic Start Menu
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Ask HN: How do you “clean” Windows from all bloatware?
I use Open Shell (fork of Classic Shell) as a replacement to original Start Menu. This gives me full control over what appears in start menu - no results from internet, animated tiles, etc (I am on Win 10 though, from what I read the Win 11 is supported, but not yet officially [1]). It could be a solution to the ads appearing in start menu.
[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1564
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I missed the old windows so i tried to recreate it
Looks like you're going for an XP theme. May I suggest using open-shell to skin the taskbar, start menu, and start button if you wanna take that extra step? You can also find the taskbar skin and start button here. Also, I would remove the search bar, task view button, and news & interest area of the taskbar just to bring things together. This is all just a suggestion, you don't have to if you don't want to.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing OpenJK and Open-Shell-Menu you can also consider the following projects:
OpenClaw - Reimplementation of Captain Claw (1997) platformer
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
OpenRA - Open Source real-time strategy game engine for early Westwood games such as Command & Conquer: Red Alert written in C# using SDL and OpenGL. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD and Mac OS X.
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
daggerfall-unity - Open source recreation of Daggerfall in the Unity engine
ThisIsWin11 - The real PowerToys for Windows 11
OpenLara - Classic Tomb Raider open-source engine
TaskbarX - Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options.
vkQuake - Vulkan Quake port based on QuakeSpasm
Fluent-Metro - A modern, highly customizable Start menu skin for Open-Shell.
REDRIVER2 - Driver 2 Playstation game reverse engineering effort
TileIconifier - Creates tiles for most Windows 8.1 and 10 start menu icons
OpenJK vs OpenClaw
Open-Shell-Menu vs ExplorerPatcher
OpenJK vs OpenRA
Open-Shell-Menu vs RetroBar
OpenJK vs daggerfall-unity
Open-Shell-Menu vs ThisIsWin11
OpenJK vs OpenLara
Open-Shell-Menu vs TaskbarX
OpenJK vs vkQuake
Open-Shell-Menu vs Fluent-Metro
OpenJK vs REDRIVER2
Open-Shell-Menu vs TileIconifier