I like messing around with my desktop. I decided to give it a retro Windows look. I used the Redmond theme, set all my fonts to Monospace 10, used a boring gray background, and tweaked my editor and terminal colors.
Now I know that Windows 2000 didn't use monospace fonts for everything, and it supported backgrounds other than a drab grab, but doing it this way sets a pleasant, calm, nostalgic mood.
What's strange about this 1 AM post is that a) I've been a Linux user for so long that I've never even used Windows 2000 b) I'm using Mint Linux which aims at offering a very elegant, polished look--which I've totally screwed up ;)
By the way, what I'd really like is a desktop that looks like the original Macintosh. That'd be pretty neat looking for this MacBook running Linux ;)
Ok, yes, I probably need to get a life, but I wonder if there's anyone else out there who likes retro looking desktops.
4 comments:
You've done it again JJ. Ruined an already ruined computer.
Get rid of the title-bar gradient, that's way too fancy.
try http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Classic+Platinum+OS9?content=111662 and http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Classic?content=46208 for that lovely os9 flavor.
Nice ;)
Or I could just run MacOS under Linux: http://sheepshaver.cebix.net/
Crazy!
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