Back when I was in college, I had a bizarre fixation on making my Ubuntu install look as much like Windows XP (and later Vista) as possible. For the Vista attempt, I even went as far as making a custom Compiz reflection image so that I could get the proper Aero shine on my translucent, Gaussian-blurred windows.

I ended up getting close enough that my one friend thought I’d finally gone mad and installed Vista, so I called it a win and moved onto trying to make something more unique…which ended up looking at lot like Windows 8/10 before they were a thing.