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minus-squareummthatguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoThe lesser of problems, I’d wager. Managed to bypass Vista… and 8. shudders
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoLol, dude should just slip in some skinned-up Linux Mint. Dad’s mind would be blown because OMG it’s so fast now!
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-21 year agohttps://gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma (currently daily driving this)
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoFunny, because this looks a lot like how Longhorn did/was supposed to. Very pretty for its time. Longhorn broke my heart, and I haven’t used Windows since (except to play Fallout)
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoAgreed, I am also a Longhorn enthusiast
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBeta testing Longhorn, and it’s failure, just killed my last ounce of faith in MS. I went and bought a Mac after that, lol. TBH, being into Macs are what got me into UNIX and Linux, though, so that’s something.
minus-squareSubArcticTundra@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-21 year agoA while back I wanted to make a Longhorn-style fork of Haiku (imo the sweet spot between windows and linux), although I ended up quitting because it was too much work Here are some mockups
minus-squaregregorum@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoNow I’m trying to imagine Haiku, but with that Aero glass theme.
The lesser of problems, I’d wager. Managed to bypass Vista… and 8. shudders
Lol, dude should just slip in some skinned-up Linux Mint. Dad’s mind would be blown because OMG it’s so fast now!
https://gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma
(currently daily driving this)
Funny, because this looks a lot like how Longhorn did/was supposed to. Very pretty for its time.
Longhorn broke my heart, and I haven’t used Windows since (except to play Fallout)
Agreed, I am also a Longhorn enthusiast
Beta testing Longhorn, and it’s failure, just killed my last ounce of faith in MS. I went and bought a Mac after that, lol.
TBH, being into Macs are what got me into UNIX and Linux, though, so that’s something.
A while back I wanted to make a Longhorn-style fork of Haiku (imo the sweet spot between windows and linux), although I ended up quitting because it was too much work
Here are some mockups
Now I’m trying to imagine Haiku, but with that Aero glass theme.