Re:Previous: A NeXT Computer Emulator
by pharaohgeek on Monday March 20, 2023 @08:14AM
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I really liked CDE on my Solaris x86 box when I was in college. I'd love to see a "modernized" version of it. Modern renderers w/acceleration, slightly updated UI but keeping with the general feel of CDE, etc. I love macOS, but there's something about the old Irix or CDE environments that made you feel like you were "working" and not just using the same old computer as everyone else.
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Re:Previous: A NeXT Computer Emulator
by qbasic_forever on Monday March 20, 2023 @09:00AM
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Xfce + a GTK theme that mimics CDE is probably a good option: https://github.com/B00merang-Project/Solaris-9 I couldn't get this theme to work on a modern gnome/GTK4 environment, sadly, but suspect it would still work with something GTK3 like xfce.
I think you touched the real problem here, there are many telented people willing to work on great GTK themes, but it's really hard to maintain themes when gnome is changing the API all the time... So most people give up.