▲ 242 ▼ A quick look back at Corel Linux OS, another attempt to make a competing Windows-like OS (www.neowin.net) submitted 2 years ago by d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz [M] to c/linux@lemmy.ml 48 comments fedilink hide all child comments Anyone else remember Corel Linux?
[–] Valmond@lemmy.mindoki.com 4 points 2 years ago (3 children) Looks like win 95 IMO :-D permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Looks like win 95 IMO :-D No Taskbar, Tasklist on the top right (also not in front), Dockable Windows, Package Manager, Bright Yellow half titlebars permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) How's the atlantic anything like the pacific? smaller not in the same spot doesn't get the same amount of sun different countries in it doesn't help you go to the same places by boat Truly nothing in common. Might as well be comparing an apple to caulking a window permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Weak comparison... BeOS/Haiku doesn't LOOK even remotely like win9x. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi -1 points 2 years ago* (2 children) It looks a lot like win95. I don't think anything you brought up is relevant permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It literally does not. It has half yellow titlebars whereas win 95 has full titlebars with a solid blue colour (98+ had a gradient). The Tracker was in the top right corner and didn't extend it's height to the bottom. The Taskbar on the other hand was at the bottom corner and extended from left to right. Those two differences are already enough to make BeOS NOT look anything alike windows 95. https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/guides/images/000/002/639/medium800/VirtualBox_BeOS_06_08_2019_13_06_26.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Windows_95_at_first_run.png permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's not the same colour! Clearly a completely different operating system! permalink fedilink source parent [–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago You're not wrong. KDE 1.x very much aimed at the Win95 market. They even directly targeted the windows userbase with jokes. The ordinal Win95 had a little fly-in animation that said "Where do you want to go today?" with an arrow pointing at the start menu. KDE 1.0 had this too, but it said "tomorrow" instead of "today". Etc. KDE also stole good ideas from wherever they were found. Trash is thus called because of Apple. The virtual desktops came from CDE. Etc. Sometimes it stole too much, and we would have discussions about flying too close to the sun, and tweak something so it would be just different enough not to raise the ire of lawyers. Corel Linux was a KDE distro, so it largely had that familiar Win9x look, even if it felt different once you were actually using it. KDE later developed it's own identity, but it retains its history and the baggage that comes with it. permalink fedilink source parent [–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Aside from "has windows"... How? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Looks like win 95 IMO :-D No Taskbar, Tasklist on the top right (also not in front), Dockable Windows, Package Manager, Bright Yellow half titlebars permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) How's the atlantic anything like the pacific? smaller not in the same spot doesn't get the same amount of sun different countries in it doesn't help you go to the same places by boat Truly nothing in common. Might as well be comparing an apple to caulking a window permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Weak comparison... BeOS/Haiku doesn't LOOK even remotely like win9x. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi -1 points 2 years ago* (2 children) It looks a lot like win95. I don't think anything you brought up is relevant permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It literally does not. It has half yellow titlebars whereas win 95 has full titlebars with a solid blue colour (98+ had a gradient). The Tracker was in the top right corner and didn't extend it's height to the bottom. The Taskbar on the other hand was at the bottom corner and extended from left to right. Those two differences are already enough to make BeOS NOT look anything alike windows 95. https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/guides/images/000/002/639/medium800/VirtualBox_BeOS_06_08_2019_13_06_26.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Windows_95_at_first_run.png permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's not the same colour! Clearly a completely different operating system! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi -1 points 2 years ago (1 child) How's the atlantic anything like the pacific? smaller not in the same spot doesn't get the same amount of sun different countries in it doesn't help you go to the same places by boat Truly nothing in common. Might as well be comparing an apple to caulking a window permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Weak comparison... BeOS/Haiku doesn't LOOK even remotely like win9x. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi -1 points 2 years ago* (2 children) It looks a lot like win95. I don't think anything you brought up is relevant permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It literally does not. It has half yellow titlebars whereas win 95 has full titlebars with a solid blue colour (98+ had a gradient). The Tracker was in the top right corner and didn't extend it's height to the bottom. The Taskbar on the other hand was at the bottom corner and extended from left to right. Those two differences are already enough to make BeOS NOT look anything alike windows 95. https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/guides/images/000/002/639/medium800/VirtualBox_BeOS_06_08_2019_13_06_26.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Windows_95_at_first_run.png permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's not the same colour! Clearly a completely different operating system! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Weak comparison... BeOS/Haiku doesn't LOOK even remotely like win9x. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi -1 points 2 years ago* (2 children) It looks a lot like win95. I don't think anything you brought up is relevant permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It literally does not. It has half yellow titlebars whereas win 95 has full titlebars with a solid blue colour (98+ had a gradient). The Tracker was in the top right corner and didn't extend it's height to the bottom. The Taskbar on the other hand was at the bottom corner and extended from left to right. Those two differences are already enough to make BeOS NOT look anything alike windows 95. https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/guides/images/000/002/639/medium800/VirtualBox_BeOS_06_08_2019_13_06_26.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Windows_95_at_first_run.png permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's not the same colour! Clearly a completely different operating system! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi -1 points 2 years ago* (2 children) It looks a lot like win95. I don't think anything you brought up is relevant permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It literally does not. It has half yellow titlebars whereas win 95 has full titlebars with a solid blue colour (98+ had a gradient). The Tracker was in the top right corner and didn't extend it's height to the bottom. The Taskbar on the other hand was at the bottom corner and extended from left to right. Those two differences are already enough to make BeOS NOT look anything alike windows 95. https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/guides/images/000/002/639/medium800/VirtualBox_BeOS_06_08_2019_13_06_26.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Windows_95_at_first_run.png permalink fedilink source parent [–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's not the same colour! Clearly a completely different operating system! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DmMacniel@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) It literally does not. It has half yellow titlebars whereas win 95 has full titlebars with a solid blue colour (98+ had a gradient). The Tracker was in the top right corner and didn't extend it's height to the bottom. The Taskbar on the other hand was at the bottom corner and extended from left to right. Those two differences are already enough to make BeOS NOT look anything alike windows 95. https://cdn-learn.adafruit.com/guides/images/000/002/639/medium800/VirtualBox_BeOS_06_08_2019_13_06_26.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Windows_95_at_first_run.png permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago It's not the same colour! Clearly a completely different operating system! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] troyunrau@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago You're not wrong. KDE 1.x very much aimed at the Win95 market. They even directly targeted the windows userbase with jokes. The ordinal Win95 had a little fly-in animation that said "Where do you want to go today?" with an arrow pointing at the start menu. KDE 1.0 had this too, but it said "tomorrow" instead of "today". Etc. KDE also stole good ideas from wherever they were found. Trash is thus called because of Apple. The virtual desktops came from CDE. Etc. Sometimes it stole too much, and we would have discussions about flying too close to the sun, and tweak something so it would be just different enough not to raise the ire of lawyers. Corel Linux was a KDE distro, so it largely had that familiar Win9x look, even if it felt different once you were actually using it. KDE later developed it's own identity, but it retains its history and the baggage that comes with it. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Aside from "has windows"... How? permalink fedilink source parent