You can check out my new found journey into Linux via Well to be honest I'm only bias towards the KDE desktop as it's the first Linus distribution I found to work across vendors, be it Kubuntu, LinuxMint KDE or even Debian 7 KDE, the KDE desktop version of Linux has always worked for me. Maybe I'm missing something, I can't quite work out what a theme for a theme means (if that's what they are?), it seems some are for emerald, but I can't find an emerald, what is emerald, where is emerald?įree Electronic Dance Music RE: Make Linux Mint Look & Feel Like Windows ChrisHirst (IS/IT-Management) 21 Feb 14 12:57
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The most recent KDE themes are for Windows 8? Windows 8 is the reason I'm looking at Linux in the first place, I certainly don't want Linux to look, work or be anything like Windows 8. Then the downloads are just screen shots, HUH? - What's the point of putting up a 'I made a Win 7 KDE theme', 'but you can only have pictures of my screen'.
I even found what I thought looked very promising. If I put boot polish on my face, that doesn't make me look like Will Smith! Making windows appear transparent through each other doesn't not constitute as being a windows look-a-like. Quite a lot, looking at the screen shots were clearly put together by someone who has never owned or even seen a windows operating system, it's ridiculous!
#Windows xp skin for linux mint xfce download
Loads have invalid download links, the most promising ones turn out are for Cinnamon or Gnome NOT KDE! Half are junk, just wallpapers, or only make the command box (close, minimise etc.) or other such nonsense looks like windows 7, the rest is Linux? "If a shortcut was meant to be easy, it wouldn't be a shortcut, it would be the way!"įree Electronic Dance Music RE: Make Linux Mint Look & Feel Like Windows ChrisHirst (IS/IT-Management) 21 Feb 14 10:59 "In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you."
So does a fully working KDE windows skin / theme actually exist? I also installed the vista icon theme, but it barley alters any icons and kickoff (start menu), system tray etc all look exactly the same as it does under LinuxMint default theme. It also only installs for a user 'vistar7', so no good to actually apply to a real user and there is a caveat not to actually use it as it's not supported and it's just a bit of fun. Having looked into this, it seems 'Plymouth' is just a boot screen, so no help with the actual desktop and user interaction.īut it seems the Vistar7 theme doesn't actually work properly, a load of icons are missing, the ones that aren't only look similar to Windows 7. I thought it would be possible to skin LinuxMint to look and work roughly like windows, but I seem to be stumped.