grassmunk/Chicago95

This is why I run XFCE with the Chicago95 theme. Sure, it's Windows 95 but the 2000 UI wasn't a big divergence from memory. It's familiar and gets out of the way. https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

…le from around the world, which results in a lack of cohesiveness... but that goes for most Linux DEs. XFCE comes a bit closer to the old UX and cohesiveness, but is still a bit off. In saying that, Chicago95[1] for XFCE does a really great job of bringing that classic Win9X look to XFCE, so it's worth giving a shot. There's also a fork of it called MENT2K[2], which recreates the Win2K experience, also worth checking out. The DEs I've seen being closest to recreating that classic experience have unfortunately been outside of Linux: ReactOS being the most obvious choice, and the other one being SerenityOS. Although not viable for daily driving yet, still fun to play around with in a VM. [1…

Try this: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

Well, there's this, for XFCE: https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

> Now, if someone wants to recreate win95 You can try Chicago95 [1], but it's only a XFCE theme. If you want more than a theme, there's SerenityOS [2] but it isn't suitable for daily use (yet) [1] https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95 [2] https://github.com/SerenityOS/serenity

There's a nice theme for XFCE, Chicago95, that looks a lot like this as well and is quite good! https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

Add Chicago95, and you've got some comfortable nostalgia. https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95