Chicago95

XFCE / Xubuntu Windows 95 Total Conversion

Chicago95 Desktop

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I was unhappy with the various XFCE/GTK2/GTK3 Windows 95 based themes and decided to make one that was more consistent across the board for theming.

Included in this theme:

  • New icons to complete the icon theme started with Classic95
  • GTK2 and GTK3 themes
  • Edited Redmond XFWM theme to more accurately reflect Windows 95
  • Chicago95 Plus! A tool to preview and install Windows 95/98/ME/XP themes
  • Plymouth theme created from scratch
  • An MS-DOS inspired theme for oh-my-zsh
  • Partial support for HiDPI monitors

Requirements

GTK+ 3.22 or 3.24

Xfce 4.12 or 4.14

A Window compositor

(If your are using an older desktop that uses GTK3.18, you can use this forked version of the theme.)


Installation

Packages

Distro Package Name/Link
Debian 9 OBS Repo under construction
Debian 10 OBS Repo under construction
Debian Testing/Unstable OBS Repo under construction
Ubuntu 18.04 - 20.04 OBS Repo under construction

Manual Installation

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Install a Microsoft Windows Plus! theme

Click here for installing custom themes.

Install the Plymouth boot splash theme

Click here for install steps.

KDE Support (experimental)

  • SDDM Logon Manager:: Click Install from file... in Loggin Screen (SDDM) manager. Select SDDM/Chicago95.tar.gz to install the theme.
  • Splash Screen: plasmapkg2 -t lookandfeel -i KDE/Splash/chicago95.splashscreen

Screenshots

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Code and license

License: GPL-3.0+/MIT

Description
A rendition of everyone's favorite 1995 Microsoft operating system for Linux.
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