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A Linux developer has created a Windows 8 DE.
Win8DE looks very much like Windows 8.
This new desktop is still in alpha stages.
Remember Windows 8? I'm sure I can guess what you remember from that less-than-ideal iteration of Windows. The UI.
Microsoft decided that a "card-based" interface was the way to go. At the time, they were also leveraging the Windows Phone, and when you compare them side-by-side, you start to understand why they went this route.
Microsoft wanted to outdo Apple.
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Whether or not the Windows 8 UI was a success or failure is a matter of taste. I know people who hated it and people who loved it. As for me, I'm indifferent because I never had to use it.
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