I am not sure what the future holds, but it seems the “E-E-E” is in the works with full force.Fortnite Battle Royale has been around since 2017 and in the years that have passed, the game has amassed quite the collection of character skins. In my personal opinion, the Windows team should have come up with a different signature look than just being “inspired” by our beloved Linux Desktops.

But with these new changes, Windows gives users the most customization options and closer to the Linux Desktop looks. Until now, Windows also had the same – the usual Start menu with the blue theme, etc. For example, macOS has its own different look which stands out from everyone else. And until now, they all had a distinct signature in their looks. If you look at the entire desktop operating system landscape – the only players are Windows, Linux Desktops, and macOS. That itself says about how they are similar in looks. And with very few tweaks, you can make it look like Windows 11. Honestly, when I first looked at them, it reminds me of KDE Plasma with Breeze theme in Dark mode. Maybe there are more “inspirations” that “inspired” Windows 11 looks.īut the question is – why this is the perfect time to introduce all of these features and looks at once? Closing Notes These are just some of the items which caught my eye. Let me walk you through some of the screenshots I had a look at and how cunningly it is similar to the popular Linux desktop environments such as KDE Plasma and GNOME. Even the overall desktop experience in terms of Start Menu position, width, color – all remained constant.īut with the new look of Windows 11 – this is changing. If you think about the options of customization Windows gives you, that remained the same over the years. Windows OS have typically 5 to 7 years of life iterations with a new release. If you look at the Windows OS look over the years – from Windows XP to 7 to 10 – there is not much changed in terms of look and feel.

I don’t know the design team behind Windows 11, but it seems they are pretty good inspired by the Linux desktops. There’s a saying which I remember – ‘ Good artists copy. How much they are similar? We try to find out.

The images of the upcoming Windows 11 Operating system from Microsoft resemble a mixture of our beloved KDE Plasma and GNOME.

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