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Re:Chicago95 – Windows 95 Theme for Linux by userbinator on Sunday July 30, 2023 @10:41PM (#36938242)
That's not "real" Aero (as in the GPU accelerated effects that came with Vista); it looks like the "Windows Basic" theme in Windows 7.

Aero looks like this:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/df/Aero_Example....

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Re:Chicago95 – Windows 95 Theme for Linux by Dalewyn on Monday July 31, 2023 @01:09AM (#36939015)
Yes, it's Windows Aero minus most of the 3D accelerated special effects. It was also used on low performance systems or if you RDP'd in to save bandwidth.
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