Welcome back to Nostalgia Tech Lounge!
Today we’re going to take a look at an old obscure and curious project from early 2000s – the XPde desktop environment for Linux. Yes, this was an attempt to recreate the Windows XP experience on Linux.
Blasphemy? Maybe.
A fun experience? Definitely.
Chapters:
0:00 – Intro
0:14 – XPde introduction
0:53 – Project history
1:50 – Why copy XP?
2:10 – XPde version we’re looking at
2:36 – Distro choice for this project
2:52 – Installation
3:14 – First login
3:50 – Taskbar & Start Menu
4:22 – File Explorer
4:36 – Desktop
4:52 – Included apps
5:26 – Task Manager
6:05 – Calculator
6:14 – Notepad
6:25 – Control Panel
6:45 – 3rd party apps
7:00 – WINE
7:28 – WINE vs Native vs QT
7:57 – Microsoft Office (Yes :D)
8:15 – Internet Explorer 6 attempts
8:30 – XPde final thoughts
9:21 – XPde download
9:46 – Outro
Credits:
Used Videos from Coverr-Free-Footage from Pixabay
Music:
Nostalgia Tech Lounge Theme by Chris Black
Xonotic OST by Xonotic Team
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