An absolute madman has recreated the Windows 8 UI—for Linux

Windows 8? In 2026? These really might be the end times.

Bring a little bit of Windows 8 into Linux with shell styled after infamous tile-based interface

Block by boring block.

Windows 95 had a secret restart trick most people never knew

Raymond Chen recently shared another interesting tidbit about the inner workings of Windows 95. The original 32-bit consumer operating system had a "secret" fast-restart feature, which ...
CNN

Windows 95 turns 15: Has Microsoft's OS peaked?

(CNET) -- The company paid to treat people to free newspapers in London, lighted the Empire State Building in Windows' colors and draped Toronto's CN Tower with a 300-foot banner -- all part of a ...
TechSpot

Doom can now run as your Windows screen saver

TL;DR: Resourceful hackers have been running Doom, or ports of the original source code, on countless, most unlikely devices. Anything with a processor goes, from calculators to kitchen appliances, ...