@ickplant to Lemmy Shitpost • 7 months agoThere it isimagemessage-square74arrow-up11.04Karrow-down128
minus-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish4•7 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•edit-27 months agohttps://gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma (currently daily driving this)
minus-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish1•edit-27 months 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-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-27 months 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-squaregregorumlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 months agoNow I’m trying to imagine Haiku, but with that Aero glass theme.
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.