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xfce-winxp-tc
This is my little chipping-away spot for a Windows XP Total Conversion for XFCE.
What?
Essentially this repo is a 'project' to replicate the XP experience on XFCE / Linux in general. I'm working on themes at the moment (easier said than done), and potentially programs later down the line.
Why?
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 and whilst ports for XP themes do exist for Linux, I don't think they're particularly great. I want the theme to be close to pixel-perfect, limitations with GTK and XFCE notwithstanding.
The ports I've seen do a very minimal job leaving most of the UI looking very GNOME-ish, I want a clearly XP-style look. The themes here should be comprehensive.
Building / Installation
Right now the build process targets Debian (as a .deb) - I have an issue open #35 to resolve this in future for other package managers.
For now - Debian users can use these steps to build and install:
cd packaging
./build-deb.sh
sudo dpkg -i debian.deb
The theme(s) are buggy!
This is almost certainly true, especially seeing as theming GTK isn't really a supported feature. 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.
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.
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.
Roadmap?
I don't have a fancy looking roadmap document for this repo - like I said I am just chipping away here and there. Where I remember to I have been creating issues for things I will or would like to do in future. Most of which is related to theming but it would be nice to have some programs / xfce-panel plugins one day as well.
Screenshots?
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'.
In any case, here are some screenshots of the current state (as of 2021-07-19):
