Sinclair-Speccy@fedia.io to Linux@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoCorel Linux 1.1.2, 1999fedia.ioimagemessage-square51linkfedilinkarrow-up1322arrow-down10
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minus-squareRichard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 months agowhy does it look so much like windows
minus-squareSinclair-Speccy@fedia.ioOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·8 months ago@richardisaguy@lemmy.world It mainly competed against Windows 98 and Windows 2000 by Microsoft so I guess they were trying to jump on the hype with using a similar interface
minus-squaremarkstos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up12·8 months agoCorrect. Not just hype but to make it “Like Windows, but free”. Even then it could be themed to a degree and some distros tried to look more like Windows than others.
minus-squareThe Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoTBF first time I saw KDE I called it “Can’t believe it’s not Windows” the DE. It looks pretty kool, even if it looks very much like Windows
why does it look so much like windows
@richardisaguy@lemmy.world It mainly competed against Windows 98 and Windows 2000 by Microsoft so I guess they were trying to jump on the hype with using a similar interface
Correct. Not just hype but to make it “Like Windows, but free”.
Even then it could be themed to a degree and some distros tried to look more like Windows than others.
looks like old school kde
TBF first time I saw KDE I called it “Can’t believe it’s not Windows” the DE.
It looks pretty kool, even if it looks very much like Windows