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# xfce-winxp-tc
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This is my little chipping-away spot for a Windows XP Total Conversion for XFCE.
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## What?
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Essentially this repo is a 'project' to replicate the XP experience on XFCE / Linux in general. This includes everything from desktop themes, icons, cursors, all the way to programs and the shell itself.
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## Why?
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I used to use Luna theme ports back when Windows 7 was still supported - it's no longer supported and customisability is non-existent on Windows 10. Whilst ports for XP themes do exist for Linux, I don't think they're particularly great. I want to replicate the Windows XP experience, as close to pixel perfect as possible.
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As part of my aim this includes writing programs and panel plugins to achieve this goal, such as the Start menu shown in the screenshot above.
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## Building / Installation
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Make sure to clone this repository recursively so that `/submodules` is populated! (use `git clone <url> --recurse-submodules`)
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The build process involves packaging for each component, and then installing those packages. At the moment, I have only implemented `.deb` packaging, though I have [issue #35](https://github.com/rozniak/xfce-winxp-tc/issues/35) open to sort out other package managers eventually.
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The packaging is, of course, [found under `/packaging`](https://github.com/rozniak/xfce-winxp-tc/tree/master/packaging) (except for `/submodules`), with each directory explaining how to use the relevant script. In general, have a poke around in this repository, there are `README`s in each directory that will explain what things are, and how to install them. 😁
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## The theme(s) are buggy!
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This is almost certainly true, especially seeing as [theming GTK isn't really a supported feature](https://stopthemingmy.app/). If you're using themes from this repository and programs look broken, you should file issues here rather than pestering the developers of said program.
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I hope to cover theming for standard GTK widgets across the board, but there will always be potential bugs with subclassed widgets and the like - they'll have to be handled on a case-by-case basis.
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The theme is now based directly from Adwaita to hopefully maximise compatibility and make it easier to fix theme bugs. A refactored form of Adwaita from the upstream GTK 3 sources exists in this repo to make it easier to base themes from/fix problems.
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## Licence
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The source code in this repository, essentially any *text* files, such as SASS, C, Bash script source code, are licensed under GPL 2.0.
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This licence obviously does not cover the assets from Windows/Office (images, sounds, fonts etc.) - I am assuming you own genuine copies of Windows XP and Office 2007 in your retro software collection.
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## Roadmap?
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I don't have a fancy looking roadmap document for this repo - there's too much to list really. Essentially, if something was in Windows XP, it's on my mind.
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As part of that, user-friendliness is always a target - besides themes and programs, I aim to one day have a nice setup application/process akin to XP's. And perhaps an OOBE if I can figure that out (mostly for the nostalgic music).
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## Screenshots?
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It's still early days, whilst I do use the in-progress `Luna (Blue)` theme as my daily, it is by no means complete. It's usable, but not 'pretty'.
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These screenshots are quite old, but generally reflect the current status of the desktop theme (due to working on things like the Start menu). I will be resuming the theming work shortly, so keep an eye out. 😉
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In any case, here are some screenshots of the current state (as of 2021-07-19):
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