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Sorry to be that guy again, but can I have my "Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0" back please? (When the world was still simple and the future was yet in the future).

Some time ago a fellow NH user has proposed an interesting idea to build an ML UI transformer, which will sit on top of the broken MS Windows 2030 OS and transform the UI experience in real-time to the UI of my choice.

Maybe spoof the RDP protocol?

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Are you aware of SerenityOS? A rather pleasant homage to the wonderful UI you yearn for.

https://serenityos.org/

You can also use b00merang GTK+ themes to get the same look in GTK+3 and GTK+4 apps. The end result is extremely usable, even the new responsive and mobile-friendly interfaces in GTK+4 apps work just fine. (Unfortunately GTK+4 has lost out-of-the-box support for themes, so you must change GTK-global configuration instead.)

I use the Reactionary [1] style on my Linux KDE desktop. Paired with the Windows95 widget style, it gives a very nice effect!

[1] https://store.kde.org/p/1253201/

I always thought FVWM95 did a pretty good job of capturing the Windows 95 (and, therefore, Windows NT from the same era) look and feel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FVWM95

Modern version:

https://github.com/mintsuki/fvwm95

IceWM has an OK-ish Windows 95 theme, and might be easier to find:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IceWM

There was also qvwm which had animated icons.

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