Sinclair-Speccy to [email protected] • 1 day agoCorel Linux 1.1.2, 1999fedia.ioimagemessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1263arrow-down10
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minus-squareSinclair-SpeccyOPlinkfedilink19•1 day ago@[email protected] 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink11•1 day 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-squareFonzie!linkfedilink4•19 hours 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
@[email protected] 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