Chicago95 Linux Theme

by clircle on 10/21/2018, 1:41 AM with 29 comments
  • by userbinator on 10/21/2018, 2:46 AM

    The GUI elements look right for the most part, but the font and spacing gives it away --- the way it's rendered just screams "Linux" to me, for some reason.

    Here's a previous attempt at something similar, and once again the fonts produce a "something is off" feeling:

    https://kmandla.wordpress.com/projects/lookalike-windows-xp-...

  • by dmitrygr on 10/21/2018, 3:24 AM

    That looks beautiful. Why don't we make nice clean Uis that use space well anymore? Why is everything now light grey on dark grey, and 80% blank space?

  • by rocky1138 on 10/21/2018, 3:56 AM

    I just set this up on LXDE (Lubuntu). It's great. I had to combine it with the Openbox theme 'Micro95' in order to get the correct title bars, though.

  • by on 10/21/2018, 6:12 AM

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  • by lamby on 10/21/2018, 2:34 AM

    (Can this really be MIT/GPL given the artwork..?)

  • by aceperry on 10/22/2018, 4:25 AM

    Brings back some horrific memories. I was scarred by the windows 95 experience, which is how I got started on linux.

  • by unsatchmo on 10/21/2018, 3:18 AM

    Cursed theme

  • by agentofoblivion on 10/21/2018, 2:55 AM

    Why is this a thing? Serious question, not being snarky.