Why is Linux portrayed as this ugly old looking OS. Every single

2009 WAS the year of the Linux desktop.

>>59050586
Still looks better than win10 desu

>>59050586
Because Microsoft is getting desperate

>Ubuntu
that's why
normies think that Linux Mint and Amazon® Ubuntu™ are the only choices available

>>59050586
Most distros don't look that great out of the box and the second thing that also plagues the design of user interfaces in many of the open source programs I have used in that ecosystem is that the people most invested and most skilled in advancing linux are too pragmatic to care for design and aesthetics.

>>59050617
>>59050622
These.

Because freetards actually think it looks good

>>59050652

>Amazon® Ubuntu™
>accuses others of being normies

You should inform yourself about the topics you're parrotting knowledge about while smugly making fun of others.
Not only has the Amazon integration gone down, it's only there with Unity.
Kill yourself.

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I think this is a good linux screenshot...

>>59050888
t. Red Hat

Is xubuntu any good?

>>59050888
>hey guise sorry about that tiny bit of malware hehe
>but we remvoed it already so no worries (or did we? nah jk)
>sorry about that teehee
>please keep using Amazon® Ubuntu™ products tho

>>59050956
Good for me

its not that hard to remove
https://fixubuntu.com/

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>>59050916
>panel not at 100% width

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>>59050586
Idk man, linux looks beautiful.

>Using linux

>>59050648
Wouldn't be a surprise if they pay google for putting old pics in their search results.

>>59050586
what the fuck do you expect from a board dedicated to technology related shitposting ?

I'm all about Linux but 90% of these "Linux is beautiful" screenshots are just nice wallpapers with a panel at the bottom. Any OS looks good if you don't have anything on screen and have a nice wallpaper.

>>59050586
gnome2 for lyfe

>>59050916
Maximize that fucking panel, you madman

>>59051183
I DON'T WANNA

>>59051155
True, but Linux can actually be made to have other aspects look good. The Windows UI is still ugly as shit but on linux you can totally reskin it to have it look clean and blend with the overall theme

>ugly looking
I hope you're aware that tastes change.

10 years ago bright, flat and square we have today would get you a completely different reaction.

Ubuntu's Human themes were extremely good and pleasant to use.

>>59050586
because those threads are created by microsoft negative marketers ... paid microsoft "marketers" are in here - the threads are easy to spot.

1. they are pictures of a surface or windows machine / phone with an 'oblique reference' such as "thinking of getting a computer for college and my friends say x" 'what do you think?" .. those threads are prolific

2. Most recently they have started asking oblique / negative questions about linux, while showing the most ugly screenshot (as op says, years old system), or something from command windows or curses (text mode), to display it as being impenetrable/'difficult'.

nothing of latest interfaces. All this direct from microsoft - known about here (ask anyone). Their low tactics. The people who start these threads can't answer any questions, they can only be dismissive/offensive. Can't they be banned? They are degrading /g/ , turning it into a brochure.

>>59051089
>Artyom
>literally being a commie

freetardation

>>59051233
Yeah I totally get that, I'm just saying these images aren't doing the cause any justice. As an xfce user that themed everything together cohesively, I wouldn't wanna show off just my wallpaper and screenfetch, but a bunch of different windows to show that the whole OS looks like it fits together perfectly, yakno?

>>59050586
Linux is beautiful you dumb retard.

>>59051624
Absolutely massive levels of paranoia bruv

Take yo pills

>>59051300
>10 years ago bright, flat and square we have today would get you a completely different reaction.
So they would have liked it 10 years ago?

>>59051670
Image found on Google you retard.

Because linux based operating systems are like asians. They all look the same and don't deserve to exist.

>>59051748
it's been covered here - people have screenshots of these similar threads
it's not 'paranoia'

>>59050586
Hardy Heron was my first GNU/Linux distro ;_;

they were doing SO FUCKING GOOD with GNOME2 and they threw it all away

fuck this shit

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>>59050586
Does this looks better to you?

>>59051689
I get ya.

>>59052053

Same stool color

>>59052053
if you take the bubbles off the panel icons, then yes

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>>59050586
Are these the new desktop threads?

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>>59052191
pt2

>>59051219
At least lock it, Shit.

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>>59052191
Comfy wallpaper

>>59052053
It looks great, why?

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Is this the new screenfetch thread?

>>59051748
Microsoft has a team of paid shills to constantly attack Linux, OSS, and promote windows. Your future as a board is at risk right now.

>>59050916
too 2011

>>59050932
>>59051010
>lays out solid points
>LELELEL MAYMAYS THIS'LL SHOW HIM XD

HOLY FUCKING SHIT!
KILL YOURSELVES you retarded FAT FUCKING FAGGOTS
You contribute NOTHING to this board NOOOOOOOOOOOOTHIIIIIIIIIIIINGGGGGGGGGGGGG


DON'T YOU REALIZE THAT?
Reread your posts and tell me what it says. N O T H I N G. Your posts are completely, 100% disposable. Any fucking shitstain can just repeat whay ou just said, and I'm sure one already has in the past. At least try to stand out and have some self-respect. But I guess using your brain would take too much effort, wouldn't it? Let me just reply with a meme arrow and pretend like I know what I'm talking about. THis is why you don't have a fucking job. This place has become a cesspit filled with mouth drooling retards. Nothing of value is added to any goddamn conversation, if it can even be called that.

>THIS is the current state of /g/

>>59052811

Damn

>>59052811
>Being this upset

Watch your blood pressure mate, try to just enjoy your dubs.

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>>59052726
It is now

>>59052203
What theme is that

am I the only one who likes KDE Plasma

>>59053496
yes

>>59050916
> not LXDE
Well you tried

>>59053496
Yes

>>59051624
>paid microsoft "marketers" are in here
No, they aren't, and they never were.

Not sure why you believe that Microsoft marketing people are worried about shilling their products/services on a website dedicated to weebs with social problems. This makes even less sense when you claim that they're here on /g/, a board known for being a den of emotionally stunted kids trying to live out some Matrix-esque hacker fantasy through whatever Linux distro they're technically apt enough to use. They're keenly aware of this, and realize that most people here are already using their products whether they'll admit to it or not, and the small handful who aren't won't be swayed by shilling of any kind or amount.

It would be a momentous waste of time and effort for just about anyone to shill here, least of all Microsoft.

>>59053984
Indeed, just accept a lot of us love Microsoft and the direction with Windows 10. Most of us truly don't want to admit it, but you are pretty alone anon truthfully, so just upgrade.

>>59054045
Does this ever actually work? It would have been easier to just admit you've got nothing, and call me a shill.

>>59054058
We have everything, but know we cannot convince you. We aren't shills, we are just Windows users concerned about how some fall for the Linux meme. Please, buy a copy of Windows 10. I am sure you won't regret it :)

>>59054129
>falseflagging is fun

What makes you think so?

>>59050586

Because it does. Even "new" distros looks ugly. and customs are still on the level of Windows XP. And when I check new themes and icons, they are mostly just variations of old Debian look because "muh simplicity". But what Im expecting from guys who frequently consider Win98 to have best looks?

Nothing gets close to Win 7 Aero Glass. The fact that Windows itels is getting uglier is different and sad thing.

>>59051069
>>59051183
Heute was clearly going for the osx + Windows mix

>>59054140
Falseflagging? How am I falseflagging? I told you I am not a paid Microsoft shill. I don't think anyone on /g/ is.

>>59054142
aero gets tiresome quick, everything is way over the top and blurry
aqua pre toy icons crap was the best looking desktop ui ever

>>59054142
You are just experiencing baby duck syndrome. Try using Windows 10 for a little bit, you will find your negative experiences go away.

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Just posting this here since I don't want to create another thread. What was the first Linux screenshot you ever saw?

>>59054229

I do use Win 10 Edu right now. I still miss the smooth shapes, detailed icons and windows transparency of 7.

Every icon in 10 looks like simplified to the max and ugly as hell. Inactive windows lose color and looks just bad.

>>59054213

Maybe thats you, I didnt got tired after 6 years of using 7.

>>59054142
>nothing gets close to Aero
Except this >>59051089 , Unity, KDE and GNOME.

>>59054517

The linked one is not even close. Those you named? As well. Opacity, icons, everything on Windows XP level. Its like Linux users cant get above that.

Seriously, prove me wrong and show me something with transparent windows and menus. Nothing mean here, I would actually like to know, since last time I tried to modify Mint to ahve glass effects, I got told that this is impossible with it.

>>59054595
XFCE, KDE and Zorin DE have window transparency and all DE's support transparent docks. You're talking like you haven't seen anything other than Mint's cinnamon DE.
And no, those aren't on XP level, did you ever use XP? How underage are you?

>>59054638

Of course I used XP, for several years, just like Windows 98 and 95 before. My first one was Win 3.11.

>XFCE, KDE and Zorin DE have window transparency and all DE's support transparent docks.

Good to know that Linux DEs are not completely shit then.

>>59054595
>Icons
What? You literally have a thousand icon themes to choose from. You can even make your Linux machine look identical to Aero, XP or W10

>>59053984
nice try, shill

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Is there a file explorer on for any linux DE that is as good as Windows Explorer? I usually have folders open with several thousand images in them, and thumbnails on Windows just work without issue.

I tried Nemo on my Manjaro install the other day, and it would regularly crash when trying to generate thumbnails. Or just randomly die when looking through folders with loads of thumbnails visible.

>>59050586
that was the best distro

>>59050586
anybody remember spinnan' cubez?

>>59055220
Additionally why is the tooling around nvidia drivers so garbage by default? For about three years on and off I have experienced the settings never being saved, or only partially saved and settings not respected (e.g. powermizer settings get lost on reboot but resolution/refresh rate does not).

Not to mention that most DEs are fucking terrible at maintaining any kind of stable refresh rate - this is with a gtx 1080.

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>>59054262
pretty sure i first saw linux on a neighbours' machine in 2004, it was SLAX

>>59056359
For me it was Knoppix, and KDE 3 looked amazing to me.

>>59056749
i still prefer the look/feel of kde3 over later versions

>>59056765
Same.

Though I remember not too recently trying some sort of project to keep it alive and it wasn't that amazing to me. Specifically there are things in modern desktops I can't live without anymore, like snapping windows to corners or not getting tearing.

>>59056783
>Though I remember not too recently trying some sort of project to keep it alive
Trinity?
>snapping windows to corners or not getting tearing.
you can use a different WM and use a compositor while still using the rest of KDE3

>>59050586
Comfy thread. I remember my first live CD for Ubuntu. Came with a magazine, had openSUSE, mageia... Is that still a thing?

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>>59056359
>>59056749
>>59056765
SUSE 10 was mine.

>>59056850
that's some top Komfy right there

>>59056814
Shit, I didn't consider that.

I guess I have to work my way into that.

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>>59056850
Aww yiss

Here's what my dad bought all those years ago. He still keeps it around I think.

>>59052232
thats the complete opposite of comfy
it's stressful and depressing

>>59053522
lxde looks like shit tho

>>59050586
It's a microjew plot to make Linux and FOSS look bad

>>59058024
I meant the other guy's, not mine

>>59050648
>>59051117
microshit doesn't derive much money from consumertards, especially ones that often pirate their products anyway

they make their money with big OEM contracts, the kinds that aren't decided because some shithead on the internet saw pretty pictures in a google image search and thought it looked leet

>>59053462
Bright GTK theme
Retrofukation icons
Mint X Purple

>>59055220
Dolphin from plasma 5

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>>59050672
Ubuntu looks great out of the box. I set the wallpaper to black and that's pretty much all I do to customize it visually.

>>59050956
My favorite flavor

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>>59050586
>Why is Linux portrayed as this ugly old looking OS.
Because the guys that are portraying Linux with that pic are usually articles posted years ago.

But modern guys should be able to post better desktops so people get interested in Linux, like the riced desktop that shitposters post.
Not gonna lie, they are true cancer for most of /g/, but being honest here, they might be making lurkers and posters curious about trying out Linux.

And the funniest thing is that I tried it out and not going back to Windows 7 now, shit's glorius and I don't need to go back since Linux has the games worth installing, Wine, and fun FOSS games like Supertux, Hedgewars, etc.

So, at least if you want to make Linux more appealing, literally start posting nice desktops so curious people try it out, and recommend Ubuntu for fucks sake.

>>59058693
lol supertux

>>59050586

looks don't matter in an OS you child

>>59058693
Supertux? lol. How about Heroes of Newerth, Rocket League, Borderlands 2, Dota 2, Civilization V, Civilization VI, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Dwarf Fortress, Garry's Mod, and the Witcher 2?

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Vainilla looks good

>>59058802
I'm actually mentioning those games in
>worth installing
since "and fun FOSS games" is anothing thing as well.

>>59050586
Sorry for the late post,if your still here,I seem to be having issues with installing linux on modern hardware,I have never come across this before irregardless of what distro I ran.Is this a thing or just pebkac.

>>59058870
Try vanilla Ubuntu LTS if you're not already. It has the best installer and the best compatibility period, unless you're on cutting edge hardware that requires the very latest kernel.

>>59058877
Thank you

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>>59050916
>>59051089
>>59052053
>>59052191
>>59052726
>>59053462
You squares wouldn't know a good desktop if it hit you over the head.

>>59058964
I loke the dock but that wallpaper hurts my eyes.

>>59058964
Too bad that shit is such a chore to use

>>59050916
>tray icons copied from Windows

Great design.

>>59058337
that looks comfy af

>>59056359
such memories...

What are u apple?

>>59059462
Ahmm, not that anon but iirc plasma 5 precedes windows 10 and in fact windows 10 implemented things that was available on plasma since kde 4. Just sayin'

>>59052112
that's the color of your stool?

>>59055220
share the first on second row

>>59050586
Windows is the best Linux DE

>>59054142
>customs are still on the level of Windows XP
There are quicker ways to let us know you don't know what you're talking about, y'know.

Vanilla ubuntu is still my fav after many years.

Amazon shit was only bad when it first came out. Besides you cold always get rid of it

>>59050586
What's the obsession with huge icons and fonts in Linux? Most of these screenshots would look very close to Windows if they had smaller fonts, less window shadows and smaller icons.

Not always
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDsiYi4LwFI

>>59051089
Is this Cinnamon?

>>59052191
What distro?
Post that wallpaper, please.

>>59059606
Just go to R34 faggot.

>>59056359
Oh sweet. I'm going to try and install KDE 3. I'll post if it actually werks.

>>59060619
Just install TDE

>>59060619
That's KDE 2. Do you know where to find it?

>>59056749
>ywn be Knoppers blind waifu on a braile terminal
Why live, /g/?

>>59058693
>and recommend Ubuntu for fucks sake.
but how are people supposed to understand linux if they don't install gentoo ?

>>59058298
I can't find Bright GTK theme. Would you happen to have a link?

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>>59052811

>>59050652
they are the only good choices available

yo how do i make windows 7 look pretty? i played around with a live usb of kubuntu and i absolutely love kde, but i don't have a good reason to switch to linux

>>59050622
Has no fast search + app launcher though.

>>59054129
Not him, but I used to run a copy of Windows 10. I fucking hated every minute of it. It's slow as shit, the interface is a fucking incoherent mess, and it's the most intrusive system ever too. When I used it after a while I literally disabled Windows Update because updating took too long.

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Doesn't matter how "good" it looks.

Normal people don't want to use an OS that needs not only initial configuration, but constant configuration, spotty hardware support, and a large learning curve. And you have to download and compile source for anything that hasn't been packaged - if it's been ported at all.

It has it's place, but it won't be the year of the linux desktop as long as osx exists.

I dislike the standard color schemes of most distributions.

>>59050586
I kind of like how old gnome looked

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Pajeets are getting desperate that no one wants to use their shit telemetry OS

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>>59061601
>Normal people don't want to use an OS that needs not only initial configuration, but constant configuration, spotty hardware support, and a large learning curve
Then why is Windows 10 the number one OS?

>>59050956
looks boring and has some odd software choices since 16.04 but gives a good and stable system after some customization

>>59050586
The reason is the distro makers lack of resourcesl to come up with really polished designer desktops. The reviewers who post these pics all over the internet are braindead neckbeards who have no idea about a good deigned desktop and don't care about it anyway, so they just go with the default.

>>59051089
>being so poor the task bar LITERALLY takes up 1/3 of your screen despite not even being that big

Because news sites make money off of clickbait and bottom line is if an article is still generating hits they won't remove it even if it's completely wrong.

There's a shitload of stuff from 2004-2006 about linux which is completely out of date but it's actually making someone money, so it's never going to go down.

>>59058337
Ubuntu is the comfiest DE around once the ugly defaults are changed.

>>59052811
>tfw this isn't ironic and anon is having a mental breakdown
I'm rooting for you, anon.

>>59050622
no

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>>59061907
sorry, what?

>>59050586
How can I make my desktop look like this today?

How would I get that icon and gtk theme?

Also, please post more comfy old setups.

>>59062956
Windows looks hella fragmented, I feel bad for Microsoft having to support a handful of OSes

>>59063090
use MATE
the old ubuntu theme is called "human"

>>59063385
They only support 7 and up, and 8/10 are basically the same anyway

>>59063385
also that's an nth of the fragmentation of linux, with ~500x marketshare

>>59063405
>MATE
Screen tearing by default on modern hardware desu.

>>59060602
They call it zorin desktop 2. I've read somewhere that it's GNOME so I got curious and disabled startup scripts for the customized DE and it booted me into cinnamon. So yeah, I think so. Unless they use both DEs for some reason, since it does function a lot like GNOME which was why I believed it is GNOME in the first place.
This shit can be made to look like w2000/XP/7 or OS X/GNOME/Unity.

>>59063930
>Screen tearing by default on modern hardware desu.
so use a standalone compositor, like compton

>>59056880
Holy mother of fuck.

I *have* that. The exact version.

>>59056359
I saw a Box for Mandrake Linux at Future Shop back in the day and was confused tf out

>>59063945
Still glitches out when resizing windows