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Seelen UI is a desktop environment for Windows.
With this app, you can achieve a Linux or MacOS look.
Seelen UI is free to use and install on Windows 10/11.
As a longtime Linux user, my opinion of the Windows UI has never really wavered: I think it's pretty dismal. Given that Linux has a cornucopia of desktop environments from which to choose, it makes perfect sense that someone who enjoys a good aesthetic would look at Windows and snub it like a cat snubs the new food you just bought.
When I received a laptop to review that ran Windows 11 (and, for some odd reason, wouldn't let me boot from a USB drive so I could install Linux), one of my first thoughts was, "How do I make this more pleasant for myself?"
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