Man I miss windows vista. It was peak windows design. I loved the glassy windows and buttons.
I miss Windows 7. The default wallpapers were a treat. I remember one that had like a flying turtle with a city on its back
I miss 3.1. the blue background was a specific blue and the gray taskbars were gray. What a wonderful time.
I fully agree. Windows 8 and up are so sadly neutered
In all fairness, nothing beat Windows 8 on tablets. The touch controls were fantastic. Was disappointed when 10 got rid of them.
Oh for tablets it was fantastic. I’m mainly just speaking to the styling. I actually didn’t mind windows 8 functionally
I mean, if you want to relive the glory days, here you go.
Reply here with a screenshot or PM me when you’re done, please. 😁
Oshit. Now this is a reason to log into my PC.
It was aesthetic
No XP was peak.
joking aside, windows 7 is by FAR the greatest looking version of windows. i’m probably biased because it’s the one i used during my formative years, but holy shit man everything from win8 and up just looks like complete soulless corpo garbage. that new shit looks like a free powerpoint template
I feel like Windows 7 fills the sweet spot between the seemless UI of the 2000/XP era and newer versions. Windows 10/11 could top that list if Microsoft had bothered to create a proper UI instead of just slapping some material design on a handful of apps, while everything else is still basically 2000/XP. Then again, GTK2/3/4 can be almost as bad.
I personally value my ability to make bad decisions
my eyes
I’d be lying if I said it got better over time
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I love that Linux allows us to do this, but why
As a new Linux user at the time. I hated the look of Ubuntu 09.04 - 10.10 compared to Windows, but the netbook couldn’t run Windows for the life of it. I swapped back a more normal desktop around 11.04
Ah I see, this is an old screenshot. Understandable have a great day
That’s the power of Linux, you can make it yours.
Nothing opens windows like Linox
Is there a theme that imitates Windows 8/8.1 and its metro menu?
Sounds nice for somebody that likes windows 7 and don’t want to use obsolete system kek
Me unironically lmao
Windows 7 was peak Microsoft fwiw. Interface wise at least.
You should join us over on the Unixporn community! Always fun to see peoples customizations lol
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This is awesome. I love windows aero
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As far as I know there is areo theme plasma. It seems a little rough around the edges but it’s the best one I’ve seen so far. Pain to install imo though but it’s a bit of fun I say
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I like the aero aesthetic tbh, especially the vista rendition.
It’s heavy on GPU for sure; but it manages to pull off a relatively consistent look (or at least more consistent than anything that came after)
GPUs nowadays are orders of magnitude better than the ones during the era of Vista.
I see no reason why we can’t have Aero everywhere, even on systems with integrated graphics.
Favorite video on the design:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL7kTMtvebQDo you have a source for that wallpaper?
I think it’s one of windows vista’s wallpapers, the setup background I think
Thanks
I fully support this. You do you. It’s your computer; you can do what you want with it. Whether you’re using it for work or play, if it’s the way you like it, then it’s not wrong.
