Source i (link to git-repo or to original if based on someone elses unmodified work):

https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-XP

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Description:
Windows XP GTK themes for Linux

Compatible with GTK 3.18 and over

For more Windows themes: https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1109994

Includes these 7 unique themes:
- Luna
- Homestead (Olive)
- Metallic
- Royale
- Royale Dark
- Embedded
- Zune
Last changelog:

3.1

Cinnamon and MATE changes


Ratings & Comments

59 Comments

kanehekili

9 I hate windows and its look. But as a fellow theme developer, I admire your skills and persistence to create a theme like this. Very well done!

MultiOrg

9 This is a very beautiful and refined theme. However, there is one little thing that gives me sleepless nights. In Cinnamon, with some programs, the Zune theme overwrites the window header, making it unreadable. Example for the Stickies applet: This is what it looks like in the Mint-Y-Dark-Orange built-in theme https://i.imgur.com/0PulQi2.png This is what it looks like in your Windows XP Zune https://i.imgur.com/GBA1osI.png I will be grateful for a hint what and where needs to be changed.

zagalia1984

9 So, I liked all the windows themes, but I noticed that in the calendar in all windows themes (especially the 95 and 98 that I use the most), I click on the clock and when the calendar appears and everything is white. I would be VERY grateful if you could make this correction.

elbullazul

hi, I'll have a look, I assume it has to do with Cinnamon?

zagalia1984

Yes, this occurs in Cinnamon... I forgot to mention that. Both 95, XP and 7 themes have this problem in Cinnamon. Many thanks for the reply.

disaru

9 Even though I never using XP in my life

eldon

Really nice work! I use Luna all the time, now. I've noticed one thing in Linux Mint Cinnamon: The upper rounded corners for the blue work as they're supposed to, but the part of the window that (I guess) would have been square are being filled in with white. It's like there's no transparency, so it's just being filled in.

eldon

Aha! The problem is on Qt Programs like Krita, OBS-Studio and Ghostwriter. Gtk apps are perfect! Not sure if anything can be done about that. Not that big of a deal. So, I'm just going to say thank you for doing such a great job on these themes!

wintin

10 Nice job

winten

1 No care

hangman

10 10 the best

clemencyworld1

10 10 the best

geovane7881

10 10 the best

krig

9 9 excellent

anwarshah

10 10 the best

tarian

Hi, I'm new to Linux and am struggling to install the Windows XP theme. Please can you help. I have KDE plasma on Ubuntu. I have downloaded the files. The folder is in .cache (.... is this right ?) - labelled Windows-xp-3.1 Inside are folders for different colours/themes. Selecting "Windows XP Embedded opens up more folders. (see below) Which one should I choose ( ..and "why"?) - and what are the steps to actually install it ? Thanks very much Folders are: cinnamon gnome-shell gtk-2.0 gtk-3.0 gtk-3.20 metacity-1 unity xfwm4 index.theme

upokupo

A few days, late but this theme doesn't work on KDE. You can install themes from within the KDE settings. You can install global themes for a one click change of the entire desktop or different components as you see fit. Also, KDE Look website has other theming options.

imperhelp

10 10 the best

aravisian

10 10 the best- Very elegant.

Duke93

10 10 the best

sjsepan

Update: regarding the 3rd item in my comments (date/time in righ panel)... I found setting this works well enough that I can reverse the change of panel-right.png: /*calendar applet font color fix*/ #panelRight .applet-label { color: #444444; font-weight: bold; text-shadow: #000000; }

sjsepan

9 9 excellent: a lot of work clearly went into this, and for former Windows users its a welcoming sight / experience!

sjsepan

Edit: in my 2nd item below, I typed in an XML tag, but it showed up as edit "" let me try again here: <frame_geometry name="nobuttons" hide_buttons="true" parent="dialog"> </frame_geometry>

sjsepan

Thank You for the incredible set of themes here. The Luna theme was not only a big factor in making me feel comfortable in Mint after switching from Windows 7 to Mint around the New Year, but it was instrumental in helping to win my Dad's interest as he began considering the switch as well. (He switched a couple months ago.) Some visual issues I've researched... -This first issue I initially thought was something in the themes, but later determined that it occured independently of the selected theme (yours or otherwise) and is almost certainly metacity. I only mention it here in the hope that you have run across it. Some time in between upgrading from Mint 19.1 to 19.2 I lost the application icon that appears in the upper-left corner of the windows where the window-menu is activated. (System Settings|Windows|Titlebar tab|Buttons group|'Left side title bar buttons'|first-drop-down="Menu") After doing some testing in two virtual machines running (linux Mint Cinnamon) 19.1 and 19.2 respectively, I was able to determine that this issue is with a change in Linux Mint (Cinnamon) 19.2, because all 3 versions display the application icon in 19.1 and do not display it in 19.2. (Mint themes display an arrow in 19.1 and no arrow in 19.2). As I said, not an issue *with the themes*, but any insight appreciated... -Some dialogs would benefit from retaining the Close button. (In Linux Mint Cinnamon) set 'Windows XP Royale' theme; open Nemo, select 'Edit | Preferences', close dialog (client area has no Close button, so you go looking for Close button on dialog frame, but must resort to right-click titlebar and choose close). Find /home/username/.themes/Windows XP Royale/metacity-1/metacity-3.xml, and edit "" and change to hide_buttons="false. I like that this also brings back access to the upper-left window-menu (even though no icon or arrow appears). - In 'Windows XP Royale', everything is beautiful except the Calendar applet in the system-tray: the light font on the light background is unreadable. I've spent some time looking for tags that affect the font and the only clue I've got that it can be changed is in the Mint and Mint X themes with their dark calendar font -- other than that I have not been able to find anthing that changes it. For now I resorted to making the background image darker: /home/username/.themes/Windows XP Royale/cinnamon/panel-right.png. Windows XP Metallic also suffers from this issue, and Homestead is so-so. I know darkening the right panel departs from the original theme, but unless the text can be darkened, this is a practical work-around. IF you know where that is controlled, please let me know. - The text in the pop-up date menu is as hard-to-read as the Calendar applet (foreground / background both light), but it can be fixed by darkening some color hex values for certain 'calendar' tags in the ' Date applet' secton of /home/username/.themes/Windows XP Royale/cinnamon/cinnamon.css. Frankly, Royale Dark and Zune could also use the same tweak. Metalic, Luna and Homestead actualy look pretty good there.

elbullazul

hello, thanks for providing details. It would be better if you open it as an issue on the theme's bug tracker here: https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Windows-XP

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