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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Retro, vaguely windows-95-looking linux distro that's actually usable and people like it? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 21 hours ago by sunshine@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I feel like I remember seeing something like this get posted and celebrated in this or some other techie community, and I'm interested in screwing around with other OSes but I can't remember which one it might be. What's your favorite 90s-flavored Linux desktop environment / distribution?

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[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 9 points 19 hours ago

Chicago95 XFCE on Debian is my daily driver. Having been a Windows 2000 fanboy, it makes me feel right at home.

The Raleigh GTK theme ported to GTK 3 on XFCE is also a quick and dirty way to get a 90s-esque look: https://github.com/thesquash/gtk-theme-raleigh

For an entire distro, there's Hot Dog Linux: https://github.com/arthurchoung/HOTDOG