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Roughly ME era Windows is open to an install wizard labeled “Gender 2.0 - InstallShield Wizard”.

On the right side, the text “Thank you for reinstalling your gender!” appears bolded followed by two options: “Reinstall using default settings (recommended)” and “Custom install (advanced)”. The latter option has the subtext “Choose your gender expression, pronouns, and other features.”

To the left in the wizard is a trans flag.

At the very bottom of the image is a TikTok user handle @ellienotsmellie

  • Zvyozdochka [she/her, comrade/them]16•5 months ago

    A bit off topic, but I love this era of interface design so much. If there was a desktop environment for Linux that replicated Windows 95/98/ME faithfully I'd install it in a heartbeat. ReactOS has a dark theme that also goes hard.

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    • RussianEngineer [she/her]6•5 months ago

      closest i can get you is this theme and collection of scripts for the XFCE desktop https://github.com/grassmunk/Chicago95

      ive used it in the past for my own nostalgia purposes and it does re-create the effect pretty damn good, though it does get funny sometimes when you throw in non-GTK apps (or if they have the extra thick title bar, GNOME style, (god i hate GNOME))

      another option in a similar vein is nsCDE https://github.com/NsCDE/NsCDE which attempts to re-create the CDE desktop look-and-feel from 90s and early 2000s UNIX workstations

      ive used this one too and the paradigm shift in how to use a desktop can definitely be felt if you've only ever used windows-style environments. it takes some getting used to but the aesthetics are very nice

      • Zvyozdochka [she/her, comrade/them]5•5 months ago

        Chicago95 is actually pretty damn close, time to mess around with it in a VM and maybe I'll throw it on my laptop for giggles and nostalgia. Also haven't seen CDE in a long time, really brought back the Linux for PlayStation 2 memories, lol.

    • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]4•5 months ago

      If there was a desktop environment for Linux that replicated Windows 95/98/ME faithfully I'd install it in a heartbeat.

      The best DE is Trinity, which is a somewhat obscure DE. In the simplest terms, Trinity is to KDE Plasma what MATE is to Gnome. The flagship distro that uses Trinity is Q4OS, a Debian-based distro.

      Here's some samples:

      https://youtu.be/6WIHjEzHLDo?si=BcT8Y9PpSlGXFrjZ&t=137

      https://youtu.be/p3LZYkFt_mg?si=2E-jiQ5j8yiETQhG&t=911

      I would say that Q4OS could replicate 95/98/2000 pretty well, but it really shines in replicating XP.