How to make KDE Plasma look like Windows 98

instructions.md

Acquiring the assets:

1. Download Reactionary (select Code > Download Source Code)
2. Download Chicago95 (select Source Code (tar.gz))

Extracting the assets:

Open reactionary-master.tar.gz

1. Extract desktoptheme/reactionary and desktoptheme/Reactionary to ~/.local/share/plasma/desktoptheme/
2. Extract icons/Reactionary to ~/.local/share/icons/
3. Extract look-and-feel/org.magpie.react.desktop and look-and-feel/Reactionary to ~/.local/share/plasma/look-and-feel
4. Extract themes/reactionary, themes/Reactionary, and themes/Reactionary-KDE1 to ~/.local/share/aurorae/themes/
5. Extract the *.colors files to ~/.local/share/color-schemes

Open and extract Chicago95-3.0.1.zip somewhere.

1. Run installer.py. It's already chmodded and Shebanged so you can just double click it.
2. Follow the installation procedure.
3. UNCHECK "Enable terminal theme" and "Change bash prompt"

Applying the assets:

Open the KDE settings panel and select "Colors & Themes". The Global Theme menu opens.

Save your current layout with the "Save Current Theme" button in the top right.

Apply the theme "Reactionary". When asked, check "Desktop and Window layout" as well.

Your theme should now look like ReactOS, which is a lookalike of Windows 9X. Now we'll apply additional changes:

1. If you would like a more accurate dark blue selection, select "Colors" and choose the color "Reactionary-KDE". Otherwise if you would like a Windows 98 Plus! theme, select it from the list.
2. Select "Application Style" and ensure "MS Windows 9x" is selected.
3. Press "Configure GNOME/GTK Application Style" in the top right and switch the theme from Adwaita to Chicago95.
4. Select "Icons" and select "Memphis98" from the list.
5. Select "Cursors" and select the "Chicago 95" theme of your choosing.
6. Click "Configure Launch Feedback..." in the top right.

• Set "Cursor Feedback" to "None"
• Uncheck "Task Manager feedback"

Editing the panel:

Enter edit mode by right clicking the desktop and clicking "Enter Edit Mode".

Click the bottom panel to select it.

Remove the Pager (the virtual desktops next to the start button).

Configure the application launcher (start button) and set the text label to "Start".

If you would like, you can make the application launcher more period accurate with these settings:

• Sort applications alphabetically
• Use compact list item style
• Sidebar Position: Right
• Show Favorites: In a list

You can also adjust the following settings on the Icons-and-Text Task Manager (the taskbar) for even more period accuracy:

• Uncheck "Show small window previews when hovering over tasks"
• Uncheck "Show an indicator when a task is playing audio"

Under "Behavior"

• change Group to "Do Not Group"
• uncheck "Hide launchers after application startup"
• change "Middle-clicking any task" to "Does nothing"