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Corel Linux 1.1.2, 1999(fedia.io)

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richardisaguy@lemmy.world
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why does it look so much like windows

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zenharbinger@lemmy.world
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looks like old school kde

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Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
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TBF first time I saw KDE I called it “Can’t believe it’s not Windows” the DE.

It looks pretty kool, even if it looks very much like Windows

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Sinclair-Speccy@fedia.ioOP
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@richardisaguy@lemmy.world It mainly competed against Windows 98 and Windows 2000 by Microsoft so I guess they were trying to jump on the hype with using a similar interface

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markstos@lemmy.world
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Correct. Not just hype but to make it “Like Windows, but free”.

Even then it could be themed to a degree and some distros tried to look more like Windows than others.

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Magister@lemmy.world
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Omg I forgot Corel Linux ! I installed it 25 years ago, wow!

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friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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Oh man, what a throwback! I had completely forgotten about this. It made a splash and then I never heard anything more about it. One of my coworkers installed it on his Toshiba laptop and ran it for a week or two before giving up.

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qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website
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The only flaw in Corel’s logic was that as soon as you’re running Linux, you lose all desire to run WordPerfect, and develop an irresistible need to align yourself with vim or emacs…

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pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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I wonder if this kibd of theme is still available for modern graphical toolkits like Qt6 or GTK4

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Darohan@lemmy.zip
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My laptop looks very similar to this, running KDE Plasma 6.1, so yes, yes it is.

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pastermil@sh.itjust.works
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Great, now gimme!

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Darohan@lemmy.zip
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Look up “Commonality”/“Commonality Sol” (theme), “Reactionary” (theme), and “GNUStep” (icons) on the Plasma theme library, I think you’ll find some stuff you like. Also, in Plasma Settings’ “Window Style”, select “MS Windows 9x”.

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