Based on our record, Classic Shell should be more popular than bug.n. It has been mentiond 18 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
There is even a dwm-style extremely comprehensive tiling window manager called bug.n [1], which I downloaded it way back in windows 8 days. Made a lot of changes myself and plan to open source it as a fork. Its too good. And combined with the rest of my AHK scripts, my windows setup turns out to be even more customised than many Linux systems I use. See my post of my windows setup fooling r/unixporn [2] for how it... - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
Bug.n — Amongst other flavours is a dynamic, tiling window manager, which tries to clone the functionality of dwm. Source: about 2 years ago
Another comment mentioned what you're looking for is a window manager: another for windows is bug.n. Source: about 2 years ago
So when I said "window manager based Linux" I was mostly referring to the stereotypes of the Linux window manager; which 1 person not even having a mouse; staring apps; moving windows doing everything with their keyboard. If you wanna look a bit more into window managers for windows the only "okay" one that I've personally used is bug.n and for Linux there's tons; but my personal fav is I3. Source: about 2 years ago
You can implement the wm manager of your dreams in ahk ... In like 500 lines. it's amazing stuff. You can also go all out: https://github.com/fuhsjr00/bug.n. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
There's a great add-on called... ClassicShell http://classicshell.net/. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
Windows Classic Shell is what I have used for over a decade. It brings back the old start menu and can be customized. Source: about 2 years ago
ClassicShell is no longer being developed. OpenShell succeeded it. (c.f., http://classicshell.net/). Source: over 2 years ago
Http://classicshell.net/This lets you pick UI goodness you want. Source: over 2 years ago
Other, non-rainmeter options that I'm aware of include TranslucentTB and Classic Shell (note: Open Shell is the newer version, but I'm unsure if it has the same features). Source: about 3 years ago
VirtuaWin - VirtuaWin is a virtual desktop manager for the Windows operating system (Win9x/ME/NT/Win2K/XP/Win2003/Vista/Win7/Win10). A virtual desktop manager lets you organize applications over several virtual desktops (also called 'workspaces').
Fences - Keep your desktop organized with Fences. This is a simple software program that allows you to sort the tabs on your desktop and create files that are easily recognizable to you.
Cairo Shell - Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows.
Open Shell - Open Shell is a fork of the Classic Shell project for Windows that getting back the classic start...
Dexpot - If you don't have Dexpot yet, the new update makes it a must-have tool for Windows, adding a ton of features to your desktop that you never knew you wanted.
Start Menu X - Start Menu X with Start Button. Power users know how inconvenient and time-consuming it is to launch programs from the system menu.