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minus-square@richardisaguy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish13•2 days agowhy does it look so much like windows
minus-squareSinclair-SpeccyOPlinkfedilink21•2 days 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-square@markstos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink12•2 days 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!linkfedilink5•2 days 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