Debian Unstable (often called Sid) is a branch of the Debian operating system designed for active development of new versions of packages. It is considered the most recent, but also the most unstable of the three main branches of Debian. Other software comes with Oldversion and runs under Wine. Xfce Desktop Environments

  • data1701d (He/Him)@startrek.website
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    3 hours ago

    Is this xfce-winxp-tc? I ‘ve played with it before and it’s awesome.

    However, I don’t use it because while the XP start menu replica is cool, I need a Win7-style search bar, and Whiskermenu sticks pit like a sore thumb here.

    I think a 7 replica would be awesome, but I think some parts of Aero can only truly be replicated with a new WM and DE, such as the color changes in the taskbar for different applications. Many themes just fall short - proportions and effects are slightly off and such.

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    4 hours ago

    The Apple Software Updater is the cherry one top, impressive! I worry for you, but impressive nonetheless.

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      The unstable part is just compared to other versions of Debian. Every now and then a package dependency breaks, but usually nothing serious and you can still use the system until it is fixed within hours. It is not like the system will constantly crash, it is still linux.

      I have used sid for years without any major problems. Usually only on desktop though.

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    7 hours ago

    Without context, the image isn’t that impressive. If nothing XP-related actually works and it’s just a display exercise, it’s just a 20-something year old skin import.

    If absolutely everything works in the manner XP worked, then it’s incredibly impressive.

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      7 hours ago

      I use a Windows XP computer (for distraction-free writing using old DOS word processors) and a bunch of Linux and Windows 11 PCs. Being in contact with XP regularly, I don’t experience any desire to go back to doing things like that. It’s really rough compared to modern Linux.

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    7 hours ago

    dotfiles?

    would be willing to actually set this up for myself on some device, this almost looks perfect besides the icons on the desktop being a bit too far apart than they are on XP for real

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        6 hours ago

        not planned, sorry

        also now that I think about it, doing this sort of theme is not really a thing I’d want to be involved in (was never into “ricing” type stuff tbh), though I might just make myself do it if I really wanted to see that sight come from my own Linux install instead of OP’s