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I feel really stupid to ask , but can I install this on Windows.

• iulian_r 6y ago
  You can only install this on windows in a VM (like Virtual Box). You also can't install it directly, you would need a Linux distribution as well. It would be easier to wait until Ubuntu or Fedora releases a new version which contains this version of GNOME. Desktop Environments on Linux are basically GUI themes.
  • EarthIsHome 6y ago
    Not only are they GUI themes, some desktop environments come packaged with different utility software. (e.g. Gnome comes with GTK-based utility software like Gedit, and KDE comes with KDE-based utility software like Kwrite.
  • offtop5 6y ago
    Has anyone ever made a Windows gui them. I need the functionality of windows, but I much tire of the way Windows looks now
    • go561192 6y ago
      Maybe this is what you are looking for? https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/collections/windowsthemes https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/store/collections/windowsthe...
    • sagarm 6y ago
      Yes, alternative shells for Windows used to exist. Back in the ME days I used Litestep: http://litestep.net/ http://litestep.net/ No idea if they still work.
• MayeulC 6y ago
  Not sure about Gnome, but one used to be able to install KDE on windows https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-kde-in-windows/ https://www.maketecheasier.com/install-kde-in-windows/ IIRC even KDE plasma worked. But these days there are a few KDE apps on the microsoft store or on kde.org. Even if you could install that on windows (compiling everythong with cygwin?), it wouldn't really be windows, mind you.
• ht_th 6y ago
  Yes, sort of. Use WSL2 and a Xserver like https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/vcxsrv/ that runs on Windows.
  • offtop5 6y ago
    Any way to get it to run Windows applications. Would it be possible to build something like that