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If you don't fancy what Microsoft is doing lately, support an alternative. If *nix can not fit the bill because of a dependence of some sort on Windows, support ReactOS. ReactOS is supposed to launch a major version these days (from 0.3.X to 0.4) and then aim for beta stability. The chance of ReactOS becoming real lies in our collective support.

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Our collective support of using Windows NT4.0-Windows 2000 graphical interfaces? I apologize for being abrupt, but nobody is going to use this operating system in this day and age.

The skinning itself is not that hard. ReactOS already has theme support and further work in this direction can be done anytime to cover more elaborate UI demands. After all it's an open-source project not Microsoft here. It's alright to be honest and assertive, even more so when it's conveyed in a straight manner (i.e. "abrupt"), no need to apologize for it.

Not everyone are end users or gui designers.

It is not for me but it might be an option for a lot of companies that depend on older software for industrial automation etc.

Smooth GUIs doesn't matter too much there.

Neither does private browsing?

Speaking as one using Windows Server 2008 R2 terminals all day, I would assert that plenty of people use that graphical interface today.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11018826

ReactOS has released special FOSDEM distribution of upcoming 0.4 version

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