A quick look back at Corel Linux OS, another attempt to make a competing Windows-like OSd3Xt3r@lemmy.nzmod to Linux@lemmy.ml – 241 points – 5 months agoneowin.netAnyone else remember Corel Linux?49Post a CommentPreviewYou are viewing a single commentView all commentsShow the parent commentWindows 11, in terms of design changes, seems to draw inspiration from KDE and Gnome. The Win11 start menu changed and looks more like the KDE Plasma one, albeit centred like the Gnome app grid. They've switched to rounded corners, like Gnome. They now use dots to denote pages, like Gnome does all throughout their system. To me, the overall system in Win11 seems like it's been made more like KDE, but the smaller nuances seem more Gnome-inspired. Microsoft is no stranger to copying Linux DEs, remember KDE Plasma's motto in 2017? "Simple by default. Powerful when needed." Compare that to Microsoft's totally not stolen tagline they used to promote 11: "Simple by default. Powerful by choice." Lol, I use GNOME daily, and I didn't notice the inspiration until now. I think Windows 11 uses a lot more transparency and blur than KDE or GNOME.You can add more transparency in KDE. Just not sure it's that needed - I find Windows 11s level of transparency a bit distracting.1 more...1 more...
Windows 11, in terms of design changes, seems to draw inspiration from KDE and Gnome. The Win11 start menu changed and looks more like the KDE Plasma one, albeit centred like the Gnome app grid. They've switched to rounded corners, like Gnome. They now use dots to denote pages, like Gnome does all throughout their system. To me, the overall system in Win11 seems like it's been made more like KDE, but the smaller nuances seem more Gnome-inspired. Microsoft is no stranger to copying Linux DEs, remember KDE Plasma's motto in 2017? "Simple by default. Powerful when needed." Compare that to Microsoft's totally not stolen tagline they used to promote 11: "Simple by default. Powerful by choice." Lol, I use GNOME daily, and I didn't notice the inspiration until now. I think Windows 11 uses a lot more transparency and blur than KDE or GNOME.You can add more transparency in KDE. Just not sure it's that needed - I find Windows 11s level of transparency a bit distracting.1 more...1 more...
Lol, I use GNOME daily, and I didn't notice the inspiration until now. I think Windows 11 uses a lot more transparency and blur than KDE or GNOME.You can add more transparency in KDE. Just not sure it's that needed - I find Windows 11s level of transparency a bit distracting.1 more...
You can add more transparency in KDE. Just not sure it's that needed - I find Windows 11s level of transparency a bit distracting.
Windows 11, in terms of design changes, seems to draw inspiration from KDE and Gnome.
The Win11 start menu changed and looks more like the KDE Plasma one, albeit centred like the Gnome app grid.
They've switched to rounded corners, like Gnome.
They now use dots to denote pages, like Gnome does all throughout their system.
To me, the overall system in Win11 seems like it's been made more like KDE, but the smaller nuances seem more Gnome-inspired.
Microsoft is no stranger to copying Linux DEs, remember KDE Plasma's motto in 2017? "Simple by default. Powerful when needed."
Compare that to Microsoft's totally not stolen tagline they used to promote 11: "Simple by default. Powerful by choice."
Lol, I use GNOME daily, and I didn't notice the inspiration until now. I think Windows 11 uses a lot more transparency and blur than KDE or GNOME.
You can add more transparency in KDE. Just not sure it's that needed - I find Windows 11s level of transparency a bit distracting.