Here’s mine. No inspiration at all taken from a certain California based company’s OS ;p
I use:
- Manjaro OS
- GNOME desktop
- WhiteSur icon theme (with a few icons changed in the desktop file)
- WhiteSur GTK and shell theme
- Bing wallpaper
- net speed simplified
- Logo Menu
- Show Desktop
- Top Bar Organiser (to move the time to the right)
- Overview background
I apologise if I missed anything.
You must log in or # to comment.
oh you little fucker
fire
Dope lol
This is my my phone running Debian with XFCE:
A modern phone running Linux, riced to look like 90s Windows.
Oh that’s CRIMINAL.
Oh I love it.
KDE + AeroThemePlasma
deleted by creator
Ah, I never had Windows 7 so perhaps that’s why I can bear it! Either way the reason I chose to use it is because I like skeuomorphic themes and all the GTK themes are flat these days, even Elementary
I wanted to install this but apparently it doesn’t work with Wayland. A bummer, I love how Aero looks!
Oh, this screenshot is on Wayland! I don’t think the author tested it on Wayland but besides a couple of negligible glitches the only thing that’s missing is the slight blue tint on the glassy panel.
Aero will never die!
This is amazing. It even has the classic guassian blur.
Do the light ribbons that overlay the blur remain constant like in Win7? Or are they fixed on the window borders?
Yes, they remain constant. The theme author actually created a Plasma extension specifically for this!
That’s quite amazing that someone is ab’e to replicate all those aspects of Windows’ desktop environment, or whatever it’s called
It even has Aero Flip
Now I don’t know what that is
Punched right in the feelings
That’s an odd aspect ratio for a phone. And I can’t say I love the look of that DE.
It’s a foldable, unfolded. And that’s XFCE with a Windows 95 theme - there’s plenty of fans of the classic 90’s look, in fact, people have made an entire operating system around that aesthetic.
What foldable are you using?
And how easy/hard was it to geht Linux running on it?
A Galaxy Fold 4. I used this script which made it pretty easy to install the whole thing, but you can also install it reasonably easily using proot-distro, if you want a choice of distro/more customisation options.
Its not linux running on it. Its Termux! With termux-x11 plugin probably. I have this as well
This is so cool! I love the theme.
You have good taste in DOS games as well. Is the “CAT” folder the 1984 game “Alley Cat”?
Thanks! And yeah, CAT is indeed the old Alley Cat game.
- OS: Manjaro
- DE: KDE Plasma 5
- Global: Scratchy
- Plasma Style, Window Decorations, and Colors are customized and don’t remember their sources, sorry
- Icons: Colorful-Dark-Icons
- Cursor: Breeze
I know there’s a lot of defaults in here, but this has been my daily driver for 6 years now and been loving this setup
Awesome ricing!,tired of people which bring mac os or windows ui desing in open source world.
Thanks a ton! I loved changing everything and finding what things I could or could not do without and optimize everything to my use-case. Getting off of my work Windows PC and logging into my home Linux PC feels like such a breath of fresh air
Looks very cool. Nobody could mistake this for any other OS :)
Thank you! I love the flexibility of Plasma and being able to make a uniquely me environment
What’s the bar style achieved with?
It’s actually just the normal KDE one, set as floating, then shrunk it to my desired size. My partner then added some embellishments to the wallpaper to make the clock and taskbar pop
Looks sweet, kinda reminds of the league UI a little.
- Debian 12
- Openbox
- Tint2
- Minimal japanese wallpaper
Pretty minimal to my habits :)
Gnome + Dash to Dock + Arc Menu. Nothing too crazy.
Could you share your icon theme?
Tela icons.
(if you look at the night theme shot, there are other details of the setup in the terminal output)
You use both light and dark mode? And what’s arc menu?
Yeah, so Gnome has an extension called Night Theme Switcher which automatically changes your background, icons, theme, cursor etc. based on a user-defined day/night schedule. It works great.
Arc Menu is another extension which gives Gnome a standard start menu (since it doesn’t come with one by default) in the top lefthand corner. It also comes with a KRunner-like app launcher that pops up in the middle of the screen instead of using the default Gnome Overview UI.
Both these extensions make Gnome feel a little more natural for desktop use, IMO.
One of the great things I like about GNOME is how much you can customise it.
I find this comment really funny, because while gnome is very customisable compared to the desktop environments in macos and Windows, compared to the majority of DEs/WMs in Linux, it’s not very customisable at all.
Yep Behold KDE and XFCE.
I never understood why people make their linux distros look like mac
I hate Apple but macOs is always super well.designed. if you wann know what Windows will look like in 5-6 years, look at the current macOs version.
The obvious answer is people who grew up using Macs tend to like the Ui and workflow.
Even though I’ve never enjoyed my times using MacOS, I’ll still sell being able to perfectly clone it’s desktop as a feature of Linux for those who do.
Themes and DEs inspired by Mac tend to have a very clear and consistent design language IME
Gnome also falls into the clear and consistent camp too.
I value consistency a lot
I wouldn’t use a complete macos theme with the logo and everything, but the mac design language does have some pretty nice details that even help usability.
For example, I love the double outline that macos windows have, the normal darker line and another lighter inside. To me, it really separates windows when I am working with several, and they overlap (I use mac at work), in addition to looking nice and giving some depth. That’s just a little detail, but there are many like that one that is easy to see why someone could appreciate them.
Obviously it varies from person to person, there’s also stuff that I don’t like, but I do can see why someone would use a theme like that.
MacOS is very user friendly (in my use-case. Everyone has different needs). I like they layout of the top bar, the dock front and center, the fullscreen “launchpad” as opposed to a start menu, etc. To each their own.
Its looks fancy and feels nice. Its really just a theme so everything else works the same. Everyone has different things they like.
It kinda makes sense to me; my KDE desktop is basically set up like Windows in terms of layout (not theming). It’s what I’m used to and prefer the familiarity.
I can imagine people who are used to MacOS like the familiarity of GUI layout and the aesthetics too. Also in fairness to Apple, it is an aesthetically pleasing desktop even if the layout and GUI elements (such as the dock or the top menu bar) isn’t what I like.
It looks nice. I still prefer the functionality and responsiveness of Linux though, and I didn’t clone every feature of the macOS UI.
Just XFCE
is coot
coot?
=cute
Did you install a theme? That looks different to the XFCE I use on my Ubuntu VM.
Yes, I installed Catppuccin theme and Bibata Modern Cursor. What I mean with “Just XFCE” was that I didn’t install any other software to add features.
Mint Cinnamon with a few tweaks.
Nice, that looks really cool. And that screen is huge, or at a tiny scale.
TY, and yes, it’s a 1440p ulrawide, 34 inch.
I didn’t want to post an even larger picture with, like, just my desktop, then with windows and neofetch and whatever because it’d be even larger, but there is a pretty cool detail in that my terminal is set to the exact same color and transparency as the panel so it matches beautifully when open. I kinda wish I could do the same thing with Nemo and Xed.
<3 my pinephone pro
That’s running on a phone?
Yes! SXMO Arch with waybar. It’s a great little device (if you’re ready and able to jump thru some hoops).
Also, you can embed images so I don’t have to got to another site to see them like this
``
Mine is pretty simple, about the same since 2008, Xfce, with a bottom taskbar with window, a little bit like in Windows XP. I added Teams quicklaunch lately, else it’s only file manager, FF, terminal.
Custom OpenBox and tint2 setup.
Fresh install, KDE Neon 6.0.0 user edition:
Can you actually use Microsoft Office and Google Messages, or are those just custom icons for other apps?
Btw, you’re one of the only people with as many apps in their screenshot as me, lol.
lol
They’re custom icons for Libre Office Write and Libre Office Calc. No MS Office here! Google Messages works perfectly as an official web app.
11 inch screen, so packed pretty tight. Openbox with tint2, left half of the top bar is conky. The bargraph that shows “Mem” is dynamic, it alternates between Mem/Swap/HD. I think the background image is from LXDE’s very nice collection of wallpapers.
More or less replicated the desktop layout I had used throughout childhood, sans desktop icons
- Debian 12 stable
- XFCE + Chicago95
- Chicago95 black cursors
- Helvetica bitmap font
- Not shown: wdm login and slock screen locker
- Running on an X230T with classic keyboard mod to complete the look
Loved this one!
That is some nostalgia!
Pretty simplistic, but I really like it :)
- Arch
- Hyprland
- Lots of dracula
I use dracula for everything too! Thank you so much for sharing!
not a fan of that font, but cool setup
It’s Monocraft, monospaced version of Minecraft font, makes me very nostalgic. First tried it for fun and giggles, but it stuck
