u/Cmb1100-

OS: CachyOS
Desktop: KDE Plasma 6.7.4 on Wayland

Why I Did This

I wanted to recreate the nostalgic feeling of Mac OS 9 on modern Linux hardware. The Platinum era (1997-2001) was the golden age of consistent UI design for me, and I was curious whether Plasma 6's flexibility could capture that aesthetic without compromising modern functionality, and even maybe add some modern comforts like a dock.

Plasma Style - QPlatinum - https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1731975
Window Decoration - KDE Platinum Aurorae - https://github.com/nielsvm/kde-aurorae-platinum
Kvantum Theme - Mac9KvantumClassic - https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1766812/
GTK Theme - Mac OS 9 Platinum GTK theme - https://store.kde.org/p/1013830
Icon Theme - NineIcons Redux - https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1960539
Cursor Theme - Retrosmart
Fonts - Charcoal / Geneva - https://online-fonts.com/fonts/charcoal-apple & https://online-fonts.com/fonts/geneva-regular
Dock - Krema - https://github.com/isac322/krema
Colors - QPlatinum3 - https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1287747
Global Menu - appmenu-gtk-module for GTK, official Plasma 6 global menu for QT, & a "Mac Title Menu" widget - https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/appmenu-gtk-module/
Control Strip - Native Plasma 6 widgets & panel

Only update since I posted on r/unixporn is that Firefox is working with the global menu now! Discord and Steam of course won't cooperate, but I got Discord to at least follow the window decorations using Legcord.

OS: CachyOS
Desktop: KDE Plasma 6.7.4 on Wayland

Why I Did This

I wanted to recreate the nostalgic feeling of Mac OS 9 on modern Linux hardware. The Platinum era (1997-2001) was the golden age of consistent UI design for me, and I was curious whether Plasma 6's flexibility could capture that aesthetic without compromising modern functionality, and even maybe add some modern comforts like a dock.

Plasma Style - QPlatinum - https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1731975
Window Decoration - KDE Platinum Aurorae - https://github.com/nielsvm/kde-aurorae-platinum
Kvantum Theme - Mac9KvantumClassic - https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1766812/
GTK Theme - Mac OS 9 Platinum GTK theme - https://store.kde.org/p/1013830
Icon Theme - NineIcons Redux - https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1960539
Cursor Theme - Retrosmart
Fonts - Charcoal / Geneva - https://online-fonts.com/fonts/charcoal-apple & https://online-fonts.com/fonts/geneva-regular
Dock - Krema - https://github.com/isac322/krema
Colors - QPlatinum3 - https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1287747
Global Menu - appmenu-gtk-module for GTK, official Plasma 6 global menu for QT, & a "Mac Title Menu" widget - https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/appmenu-gtk-module/
Control Strip - Native Plasma 6 widgets & panel

Only update since I posted on r/unixporn is that Firefox is working with the global menu now! Discord and Steam of course won't cooperate, but I got Discord to at least follow the window decorations using Legcord.

OS: CachyOS
Desktop: KDE Plasma 6.7.4 on Wayland

Why I Did This

I wanted to recreate the nostalgic feeling of Mac OS 9 on modern Linux hardware. The Platinum era (1997-2001) was the golden age of consistent UI design for me, and I was curious whether Plasma 6's flexibility could capture that aesthetic without compromising modern functionality, and even maybe add some modern comforts like a dock.

Plasma Style - QPlatinum - https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1731975
Window Decoration - KDE Platinum Aurorae - https://github.com/nielsvm/kde-aurorae-platinum
Kvantum Theme - Mac9KvantumClassic - https://www.opendesktop.org/p/1766812/
GTK Theme - Mac OS 9 Platinum GTK theme - https://store.kde.org/p/1013830
Icon Theme - NineIcons Redux - https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1960539
Cursor Theme - Retrosmart
Fonts - Charcoal / Geneva - https://online-fonts.com/fonts/charcoal-apple & https://online-fonts.com/fonts/geneva-regular
Dock - Krema - https://github.com/isac322/krema
Colors - QPlatinum3 - https://www.gnome-look.org/p/1287747
Global Menu - appmenu-gtk-module for GTK, official Plasma 6 global menu for QT, & a "Mac Title Menu" widget - https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/appmenu-gtk-module/
Control Strip - Native Plasma 6 widgets & panel

Firefox, Discord, and Steam don't follow the rules perfectly (global menu doesn't work), with Steam totally flaunting the theme, but what can you do?