>>105983094 (OP)
>early 2000s ui
>posts late 2000s ui
come on nigga

>>105983094 (OP)
>2009

>>105983094 (OP)
i feel ya OP

>>105983094 (OP)
You cannot get later in the 2000's than fucking 2009. It is literally the final year of the 2000's. Kill yourself.

Symbian OS, peak early 2000's

>>105983094 (OP)
faggot
>>105983166
another faggot

You can still recreate it with some elbow grease, or using windowsblinds

>>105983129
It's a typo

>>105983166
this was disgusting and still is

>>105983166
Ew

Is there some way to patch the security vunerablities in win7 so I can just keep using it?

>>105983281
No

>>105983281
>is there a way to stop growing up because I am a huge faggot and I am afraid of being an adult?

um, no. You have to deal with the real world, which is adopting to current tech.

>>105983094 (OP)
Windows 7 released in 2009, you stupid asshole.

>>105983298
Is there a way I can at least make LMDE look like win7 or even win95?

>>105983306
Zoomers think early 2000s means anything pre 2010s they think of 2010s as the mid 2000s or something

>>105983335
No, but there is a Win7 theme for KDE Plasma: https://youtu.be/B9EM1VbbXLY

Linux Mint has run its course as a beginner distro anyway.

>>105983094 (OP)

>>105983335
perhaps?
LMDE you are referring to linux mint right?
then sure, I've seen xfce turned into windows xp,
get prepared to do some research and download a bunch of external styles/icons.

>>105983335
this seems promising
https://github.com/rozniak/xfce-winxp-tc

requires xfce, which I'm sure you can set in lmde
godspeed

>>105983247
too bad, this is now an early 2000s gui thread

>>105983359
Yes its mint minus ubuntu jewery

>>105983375
Thanks anon ill look into that.

>>105983204
Is there a name for this? It's like skeuomorphism but 16-bit icons.

>>105983380
>>105983413
fonts/info?

>>105983586
they're called icons faggot

>>105983094 (OP)
WOWZERS! Is that... le Frutigger Aero? SOVL, SO FVCKIN' SOVLFVL! (I have never used a computer aside from an iPhone).
>>105983380
>>105983579
Pape?

>>105983609
Seems to be an edit of https://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/haibane_of_old_home_ch2_5#15

>>105983603
>Is there a name for this? It's like skeuomorphism but 16-bit icons.

>>105983603
>they're called icons faggot

i know, im talking about the specific style

>>105983631
they bring joy so lol? icons?

>>105983094 (OP)
>Frutigger Aero
Based

>>105983094 (OP)
>Nokia Software

I remember using that to copy music to my 3310c phone. The format was acc3 or something, but it was enough quality for me at the time.

>>105983281
Isn't there a paid security updates program, but you need to pay 30$? There's more info in the Friendly Windows Thread.

>>105984414
Theres gotta be a way to pirate that shit

>>105983699
esl

>>105983281
As much as i like windows 7's goated aesthetics and it's significance as probably the last good OS before microsoft became retarded.
You'll probably have more issues with missing APIs\features than Security Fixes - neater screen\audio capture api and sync primitives are a few things i've noticed they've improved in their stack. and apps will change to make their shit more managable. developer ease > catering to 5 people on windows 7
When i needed to keep a win98 machine running but also running new software there was something called KernelEx that did that. there's probably some modern equivalent.

>>105983579
WTF is glompbox??

Just get over your nostalgia already.

>>105983129
late 2000s would be 2666-2999.

>>105985146
No, I will never. It's not just nostalgia either, things WERE better before.

>>105985158
Yeah I feel like a lot of people are failing to grasp that enshittification is a real thing and its not just nostalgia.

>>105985125
Yeah there probably is some equivalent but for anything more modern I can just run it on a seperate device with up to date software.

>>105985158
>>105985166
Windows 10 works fine for me. Edge is no longer obsessed with mi, and I don't get ads anymore. I just do what I would do on Windows 7, on Windows 10.

>>105985146
Things looked so much better in 2005 and 2009. You need detailed and textured UI elements because that's what human eyes are used to.

>>105983359
good luck with potential root kits you stupid noob

>>105985186
Yes, it just works (LTSC), but it has even more telemetry that you have to tinker with to disable and I'm pretty sure you can't disable it entirely.

You also have a lot of menus being obfuscated and a soulless, depressing flatshit UI

>>105985197
And why do you need detailed icons on your pc? For the aesthetics, nostalgia, or what? My only concern is if the software works well. Also, you do realise, in 2040 you will be saying
>Things looked so much better in 2025 and 2029. You need soft, simple shapes because that's what is easy for human eyes to look at.

>>105985206
Detailed icons distract you from your task at hand

>>105985217
>you only need X
This is a slave's mindset. I'm not the anon you're quoting, but sometimes, I WANT things, not necessarily because I need them, but because they bring value to me regardless. I think earlier designs are objectively better and more pleasing to the eye and soul, which makes computing more enjoyable.

>My only concern is if the software works well.
Ok, so you're a soulless materialist. Fuck off.

>>105985217
So that I can clearly and immediately see what each interactive element is and does.
Icons and elements which lack any detail require significantly more mental effort to be understood by your brain because your brain.
>You need soft, simple shapes because that's what is easy for human eyes to look at.
I'm sure some people will say this, but they'll ultimately be wrong. Human brain and eyes need details and texture because oversimplified icons/elements require your brain to fill in the gaps and be familiar with additional context. Skeuomorphic design is simply much more natural to human beings.

>>105983204
>dumbphonefaggot

>>105983094 (OP)
you now remember that fish is called betta and it's been 16 years since you found out

>>105983281
security updates dont matter if you are not retarded. Your computer is by default firewalled with your ISPs router, therefore random botnets that take advantage of smb exploits have no surface to attack. The rest is just the matter of not downloading the malware like a huge gorilla retard. You can also install simplewall for additional safety / preventing pirated software from connecting to the internet.

>>105985242
>calling someone a slave because they use a different icon pack than you

>>105983129
>>105983190
>>105983306
>>105983344
Not OP but we're still in the early 2000's. Early 2000's is like 2000 to 2040 or so then it's the mid 2000's.

>>105985546
Fuck off, ESL.

>>105985475
>not downloading the malware
Yea this has been working fine so far. I will just continue not downloading malware

>>105983094 (OP)
>Early 2000s gui
>Posts windows 7
LALALALALALA I CAN'T HEAR YOU!
TROLL THREAD! TROLL THREAD! TROLL THREAD!

>>105985561
>ESL
Ironic since I'm objectively correct. You mean early 00's. Early 2000's is 2000 to 2030.

>>105986042
nobody likes a smartass.

>>105986042
2000's is no more specific to the decade 2000-2009 than it is to the century 2000-2099 or even the millennium 2000-2999. And yet, "the 2000's" refers to the decade 2000-2009 because that is what native English speakers decided it meant, and that is consequently how it is used every day by native English speakers—no amount of ESL cope will ever change the fact that only an Anglo-Saxon-Jute decides how Anglo-Saxon-Jutes speak the tongue of Anglo-Saxon-Jutes.

>>105983216
that glass looks wrong

>>105986157
>Anglo-Saxon-Jutes
Imagine being proud to be an anglo-saxon, the most self-hating form of white man in current existence.

>>105986435
>writes this in my language
Come again, ESL cuck?

>>105986438
Your country is filled to the brim with shitskins and within a few decades the only form anglos will continue to exist in is in mixed mutt form.

>>105986042
Early 2000's is 2000 to 2333.

>>105986461
>writes this in my language
Come again, ESL cuck?

>>105985217
Because if it looks like nothing how are you meant to be able to see what it is. Details are how the human brain identifies things. Modern featureless design requires so much brain power to see, you have to closely examine it to figure out what you are looking at. Whilst the older designs with actual distinct features could be identified instantly.

>>105986686
Your country is filled to the brim with shitskins and within a few decades the only form anglos will continue to exist in is in mixed mutt form.

>>105987422
what would luna royale with cheese look like?

>>105986157
Wrong

>>105984984
No no, you're supposed to google "lol icons" for his joke to work!

>>105983166
what is this? the tile shit set as a desktop background?

>>105983281
There are no "le security vulerabilities." To take care of the fear of imaginary cyberattacks, take care of your schizophrenia first.

>>105987552
about tree fiddy

>>105985525
Yes, anon, and it's not just about an icon pack, it's about the principle of it.

>>105983631
Win 3 standard (only because of the color, MacOS had crunchy icons too but B/W)? The flat icon and gadgets shit is a more recent decent into UX hell.

>>105985217
disappearing UI elements is pox upon the eyes, modern systems are shit and slow AF. I have noticed Win 11 stalling without any indicator that it is hung on system. The Start button on Win11 is absolute shit.

>>105983354
>Linux Mint has run its course as a beginner distro anyway.
qrd
t. mint babyduck

>>105983380
Openbox? Or just concept?

>>105983094 (OP)

>>105985242

Foobar2000 is soul. You shut your wysiwyg mouth

>inb4 2007
the original theme is older

>>105983216
Just usr Revert8plus nigger

>>105983166

https://www.boxshots.org/ for inspiration
artwiz font pack is MANDATORY!!!eleven
[ bb4win / xoblite ] for a cool replacement shell

>>105990283
Saar, please kindly suggest searchable software nigger.

>>105989945
>>105990059
very nice.
dunno how people can look at symbolic icons and go fuck yeah man that's my shit right there. a couple of days ago i booted a modern DE and couldn't make out the browser icon was supposed to be a planet lol

>>105985217
>And why do you need detailed icons on your pc?
Why do you need fancy car when public transportation exists?
But more importantly, what you have to do with his needs, faggot?