zuri
Freshman Member
Posts: 44
OS: Windows 10 1909
Theme: Windows XP Luna
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Post by zuri on Jan 6, 2023 18:14:17 GMT -8
What's your favorite theme from Windows XP? I know some people hate Luna because it resembles Fisher Price or Vtech.
Luna
Silver
Olive
Royale
Royale Noir
Zune
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on Jan 7, 2023 1:51:24 GMT -8
My favorite XP theme is Embedded. In second place, Olive.
There is no theme that I hate, I appreciate them all on the whole.
Off topic, but the Luna theme (as well as the Windows Standard theme) reminds me of my childhood, as I was born in 2001, just before the start of Windows XP. Since people often keep the default theme, I constantly saw the Luna and Windows Standard themes. So, I understand the Fisher-price aspect, but it's not what I first remember.
The other style from my childhood is Aqua from MacOS X Tiger.
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sudolinux
New Member
French nerd, and a OS-tan fan !
Posts: 24
OS: Ubuntu Unity 22.10
Theme: Yuru-dark (blue)
CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400
RAM: 16GB
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1650
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Post by sudolinux on Jan 7, 2023 4:09:05 GMT -8
I generally prefer the "Professional" theme from Whistler before it got changed in build 2428 (or well build between 2419 and 2428, since they weren't leaked..) With the Windows 2000 icons, it looks gorgeous on a LCD monitor.
I don't specially hate any official XP theme, they all look good.
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Saturn
Sophomore Member
Posts: 142
OS: Windows XP Professional x64 Edition SP2
Theme: Luna, Royale Noir by Microsoft Corporation
CPU: Intel Core i5-4460 @ 3.20GHz
RAM: 2x4GB 1600MHz DDR3
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
Computer Make/Model: To be filled by O.E.M.
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Post by Saturn on Jan 7, 2023 4:22:01 GMT -8
Royale Noir is my favorite
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sudolinux
New Member
French nerd, and a OS-tan fan !
Posts: 24
OS: Ubuntu Unity 22.10
Theme: Yuru-dark (blue)
CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400
RAM: 16GB
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1650
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Post by sudolinux on Jan 7, 2023 6:44:30 GMT -8
Royale Noir is my favorite Ah nice ! Its a pretty good theme |
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sudolinux
New Member
French nerd, and a OS-tan fan !
Posts: 24
OS: Ubuntu Unity 22.10
Theme: Yuru-dark (blue)
CPU: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400
RAM: 16GB
GPU: Nvidia GTX 1650
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Post by sudolinux on Jan 7, 2023 6:46:57 GMT -8
As you can see, i just generally use Royale and the XP icons, since its a pain to replace the XP icons by the 2000s one Attachments:
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on Jan 7, 2023 9:16:26 GMT -8
ebhefgyxp's themes are great, but he seems to have deactivated his DeviantArt account for 2 weeks.
I had almost all of them downloaded, if he doesn't show up soon, I can send them.
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Post by R.O.B. on Jan 7, 2023 12:28:08 GMT -8
I generally do like most of the XP themes. If I had to pick a favorite, I would probably say either Watercolor (if we're counting pre-release) or Royale. Royale Noir is also nice, though you can tell it is a bit unfinished. I still prefer it to Zune though, which I was honestly never too huge on.
I actually do really like Luna as well. Don't care what anyone says, that is a comfy theme.
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on Jan 7, 2023 13:54:17 GMT -8
I generally do like most of the XP themes. If I had to pick a favorite, I would probably say either Watercolor (if we're counting pre-release) or Royale. Royale Noir is also nice, though you can tell it is a bit unfinished. I still prefer it to Zune though, which I was honestly never too huge on. I actually do really like Luna as well. Don't care what anyone says, that is a comfy theme. I didn't include Watercolor as an XP theme. Indeed, if we include it, it is one of the best. There is also the "Sample test visual style", but there, I don't think anyone wants to use it for everyday use  ... What's fascinating is that it's ultimately a continuity between versions of Windows, but you have to include all pre-releases, server and embedded versions, to get this continuity. This doesn't really count as a Windows XP theme, but there are also ReactOS themes, which are made with the same theme engine as XP. There's Lautus, Mizu, Modern and Lunar. I find that only Mizu and Lunar are really successful. And I forgot, there is the "Candy" theme which was found in the Windows XP source code leak. |
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Post by lambdacore on Feb 22, 2023 21:37:14 GMT -8
I've always adored the olive green theme! I used it from 2006 - 2009, I still use it to this day when I'm on a custom skinned Windows! (Currently trying out Experience, been having a wonderful time!)
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bran
New Member
Posts: 9
OS: Windows 11 x64, Ubuntu 22.04
Theme: Default, Classic
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Post by bran on Mar 22, 2023 8:13:48 GMT -8
Luna will always be my favourite. I have a strange attraction to keeping my OS as out-of-box as possible.
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Post by db2k on Mar 22, 2023 12:50:00 GMT -8
My personal favorite is probably Luna for its' polish.
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AthensLonghorn2007
Freshman Member
Nostalgic for 2011-2015
Posts: 64
OS: Windows 11 Pro - 22H2
Theme: Windows XP Silver
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-1355U 1.70 GHz
RAM: 16GB (15.7 usable)
GPU: Iris Xe
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Post by AthensLonghorn2007 on May 22, 2023 15:58:15 GMT -8
What's your favorite theme from Windows XP? I know some people hate Luna because it resembles Fisher Price or Vtech. Luna Silver Olive Royale Royale Noir Zune Silver and Royale Noir my beloved Luna honestly reminds me of that one toy I got at Toys R Us in 2009  |
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meanbeanmachine
New Member
hyper trol
Posts: 6
OS: Windows Vista x64, Windows 8.1 x64
Theme: Windows Embedded, Windows Aero
CPU: Intel i5-3320m
RAM: 4GB DDR3
GPU: Intel HD Graphics 4000
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Post by meanbeanmachine on Jul 2, 2023 3:54:58 GMT -8
Embedded hands down. My second favourite theme is Zune. I don't really like Luna, I pretty much prefer Embedded or even Royale over it.
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excel8
Freshman Member
Posts: 37 
OS: Windows 10 22H2
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Post by excel8 on Jul 2, 2023 20:20:40 GMT -8
What's your favorite theme from Windows XP? I know some people hate Luna because it resembles Fisher Price or Vtech. Luna Silver Olive Royale Royale Noir Zune Zune 🔛🔝 |
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MajinTails
New Member
Posts: 21
OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Home 22H2
Theme: Aerolite without High Contrast
CPU: 11th Gen Intel( Core( i5-11400F
RAM: 16 Gigabytes
GPU: NVIDIA Geforce GTX 1650 Super
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Post by MajinTails on Jul 8, 2023 23:00:00 GMT -8
Zune, Royale Noir, and of course Luna (blue).
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hary94
New Member
Posts: 23
OS: Windows 7
Theme: Windows Aero
CPU: Intel Core i5 3470
RAM: 16GB
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 6350
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Post by hary94 on Jul 30, 2023 10:50:19 GMT -8
What's your favorite theme from Windows XP? I know some people hate Luna because it resembles Fisher Price or Vtech. Luna Silver Olive Royale Royale Noir Zune Has to be Royale, either that or the embedded 2009 theme |
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Luximoz
Freshman Member
Luna, Royale, and Aero enjoyer
Posts: 98 
OS: Windows 7/Windows LTSC 2019
Theme: Windows XP/Longhorn/Vista/7 (I switch whenever I feel like)
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Post by Luximoz on Aug 6, 2023 6:35:44 GMT -8
I usually use Luna Silver, and Royale Noir the most whenever I use an XP theme with a custom wallpaper, but I also really like Royale and Luna Blue
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Post by ephemeralViolette on Aug 6, 2023 9:26:12 GMT -8
Olive Green, although I can't use it right now on my setup because I haven't worked on patches to make it more accurate yet.
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