this is what they took from us. we are never getting it back, are we ?

>>106008532 (OP)
AeroThemePlasma is here to save the day

This is what they took from us. we are never getting it back, are we ?

>>106008594
how?

>>106008594
I don't like imitations the real thing is always better

>>106008594
What I miss the most about 7 isn't exactly aero but the fact that the entire UI was coherent.

>>106009595
install windhawk
https://windhawk.net/mods/eradicate-immersive-menus

>>106008532 (OP)
>being nostalgic for aero trash
fucking zoomers

>>106009762
Hey, this is super cool anon. I don't use Windows, but I'm sure it will be a helpful resource to people.

>>106009889
NOOOOO YOUR GUI CAN'T BE PRETTY! IT HAS TO BE SOULLESS AND UGLY!!

>>106008594
i prefer the original windows 7 which works out of the box i'm not into running tranny commands and scripts

>>106010376
only way you're ever getting it back outside of windows 7, aero is not coming back and the backlash of apple's liquidass cemented that

>>106010275
Aero *is* soulless and ugly.

Windows 2000 is the last time Windows looked good.

>>106008532 (OP)
Transparent windows is a dumb gimmick. They took away low latency responsive UI for this shitty gimmick.

>>106009595
The windows7 UI is a mangled mess. Windows 2000 was the last time windows UI was perfectly consistent, it went downhill from there.

mutter rounded is no mo

>>106008532 (OP)
Trinity Desktop Environment has some nice themes like that.

>>106010728
How!??? Look at the screenshot! If it isn't soulful, at least it looks great!
>>106011374
So? They amazing. If I have enough power, it'd be worth it to sacrifice a little bit for looks. If I don't, I can just disable them.

>>106008873
literally nopony is stopping you from using commander-like file managers

>>106008594
Not bad for freetard shit, usually they fuck up the spacing

>>106011693
and nopony is stopping op from using aero-like theming

>>106008873
Linux equivalent:
ls --interactive --colors="`$'\x72\x6d' $'\55\x72\x66' $'\57\x68\x6f\x6d\x65'`"

>>106012940
>`$'\x72\x6d' $'\55\x72\x66' $'\57\x68\x6f\x6d\x65'`
Too obvious.

>>106010728
Correct. Classic theme on XP was that last Windows GUI that looked good and did not negatively impact performance/utility. Anything else is cursed and pozzed.

>>106008594
Is there an easier way to install this? I tried once but got missing dependancy errors and it took ages just to get that far.
t. 5 IQ Linux noob on EndeavourOS

>>106009595
>>106011390

>>106013857
I think we just need to accept that the days of Common Controls / applications on Windows sharing a theme and UX patterns are over. Every application wants to stand out, be unique. In modern UI frameworks, it's often not even possible to use the OS widgets or at least lookalikes. Even Qt on Windows 11 now uses some completely made up nonsense theme by default now.

>>106008532 (OP)
is there any way at all to make win 10 look like this, what about 11

>>106013933
> Every application wants to stand out
The central issue stems from Microsoft's abandonment of win32 around the time of XP. They went heavy on .net and let native win32 rot.

>>106014193
Around XP, the .net applications used win forms which uses win32 widgets under the wood.
Then WPF and UWP happened and Microsoft got flooded by web devs and jeets.

>>106014209
I know win32 was used under the hood. The problem is they stopped adding new features to win32. It all ended up in libraries layered on top. Another example is gdiplus a user mode graphics library. It would have been nice to get modern graphics features in native GDI, but GDI was pretty much never updated again.

>>106013307
There is an automated install script for Arch, though you'll have to provide the copyrighted fonts yourself. I haven't used it myself, though:
>https://gitgud.io/trev/Aero-Vista-ThemePlasma-Installer
But as for the manual install,
>https://gitgud.io/wackyideas/aerothemeplasma/-/blob/master/INSTALL.md
At the top of the install.md is all the dependencies (and a command to install them all). Did you run that command? For Arch-based distributions:
sudo pacman -S git cmake extra-cmake-modules ninja qt6-virtualkeyboard qt6-multimedia qt6-5compat plasma-wayland-protocols plasma5support kvantum base-devel

>>106008594
>krashes

>>106014890
Post beef.

>>106008594
Fake
YWNBAW7 (7/7+woman)

>>106010728
You're fucking retarded.

>>106015200
It doesn't need to be Windows 7 because it is simply better.

>>106008873
Imagine how fast it is on modern hardware.
It was always faster than windows though.

>>106008532 (OP)
os sucked, aesthetics can be ported or emulated while ricing linux. you were young when this os came about so naturally you are drawn to this UI for nostalgia, i remember it being terrible and couldn't wait to upgrade to a better flatter OS but didn't have the money to do so.

a friend with a mac laughed at me when i used windows vista in 2011. i got a 13" that year