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 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.
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
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
Win7 was also the last “neutral” version of Windows in terms of integrated spyware (“telemetry”) features (or rather, the lack thereof). Since Win8, this OS truly rolls downhill in many aspects. Since Win10, with greater speed.
totally agree!
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
Nothing opens windows like Linox
That’s the power of Linux, you can make it yours.
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
I actually kind of like that.
I remember using Icewm and it had a theme that mimicked XP lol.
😂 fun! I’d add a “Windows 13” logo when the Windows/Start button is pressed.
Do you have a source for that wallpaper?
I think it’s one of windows vista’s wallpapers, the setup background I think
Thanks
especially when it leads to bad decisions 😁
Favorite video on the design:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nL7kTMtvebQ
