MENT2K

XFCE / Xubuntu Windows 2000 look and feel.

Click here for more screenshots

A fork of the Chicago95 theme which looks like Windows 2000 and focuses on details.

Included in this theme:

• A look-alike start menu.
• A bordered system tray.
• Custom icon theme. (Forked from SE98)
• A cool login screen.
• etc.

Requirements:

• GTK3+
• Xfce 4.12 - 4.21.
• gtk2-engines-pixbuf (Recommended for GTK2 applications).
• The xfce4-panel-profiles package.
• A Window compositor (Picom).
• Marco window manager for gradient titlebars.

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Installation

Navigate to the project folder in Thunar after extracting it, and then right-click in an empty area.

Click on "Open Terminal Here" and write this into the terminal that pops up:

bash ./install.sh

OR

Write this into your terminal without downloading anything at advance:

git clone https://github.com/User738git/MENT2K.git

cd ~/MENT2K

bash ./install.sh

Notice: The install-script is an early WP. I (The maintainer of MENT2K) won't take any responbility for broken systems. A restore point is recommended.

Manual installation

If you prefer to install MENT2K manually, Click here.

Changed your mind?

An uninstall script will be added when I get time.

Install the LibreOffice icon theme from Chicago95:

Click here for installing the LibreOffice Chicago95 icon theme.

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Pictures

Desktop comparison (Picture 1 taken from Windows 2000)

Start menu

Login screen

Thunar top bar

The theme in action on a CRT-monitor.

Tested on:

• Xubuntu, Xfce 4.20.

• Xubuntu, Xfce 4.18.1.

• Mint, don't remember version of Xfce.

• In process: Debian 13, Xfce 4.20.

Screenshots:

Click here to view screenshots

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Projects by other people you should check out:

Chicago95

Redmond97

Ice2K.sys

xfce-winxp-tc

aerothemeplasma

SE98

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Forked code

Chicago95: https://github.com/grassmunk/chicago95

Redmond97: https://github.com/matthewmx86/Redmond97

SE98: https://github.com/nestoris/Win98SE

Code and license

License: GPL-3.0+/MIT

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