• Sinclair-Speccy@fedia.ioOP
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      3 months ago

      @richardisaguy@lemmy.world It mainly competed against Windows 98 and Windows 2000 by Microsoft so I guess they were trying to jump on the hype with using a similar interface

      • markstos@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 months ago

        Correct. Not just hype but to make it “Like Windows, but free”.

        Even then it could be themed to a degree and some distros tried to look more like Windows than others.

      • Fonzie!@ttrpg.network
        1·
        3 months ago

        TBF first time I saw KDE I called it “Can’t believe it’s not Windows” the DE.

        It looks pretty kool, even if it looks very much like Windows