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Start8 VS Cairo Shell

Compare Start8 VS Cairo Shell and see what are their differences

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Start8 logo Start8

Start8 returns the familiar Start menu to Microsoft's latest Windows 8 operating system.

Cairo Shell logo Cairo Shell

Cairo is a desktop environment for Windows.
  • Start8 Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-12
  • Cairo Shell Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-19

Start8 videos

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Start8 review (and the reason why Metro UI's name was changed)

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  • Review - Start8 review
  • Tutorial - How to get Start Menu back in Windows 8 with Stardock Start8 - Tutorial

Cairo Shell videos

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Start8 and Cairo Shell)

Start8

Cairo Shell

Note Taking
52 52%
Note Taking
48% 48
Image Optimisation
0 0%
Image Optimisation
100% 100
LMS
100 100%
LMS
0% 0
OS & Utilities
54 54%
OS & Utilities
46% 46

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Cairo Shell seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 2 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.

Start8 mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of Start8 yet. Tracking of Start8 recommendations started around Mar 2021.

Cairo Shell mentions (2)

  • Microsoft is turning Windows 11's Start Menu into an advertisement delivery system
    Back when I was an edgy teenager I tried every Windows desktop shell replacement available. My favorites were LiteStep and Emerge Desktop. I was there when Cairo Shell first emerged but has never tried a working version since I moved to other OSes before any usable version was out. I am now using Windows for work and I think it’s time to revisit these options. Source: over 1 year ago
  • My first personal server
    Hyper-V Server 2019 gets my vote, with the Cairo Desktop it's a near unbeatable setup. Add the FoD pack, browser of your choice, Windows Admin Center for local management of the entire system including virtualized guests. It's a very robust enterprise grade server that requires NO LICENSE and ends up having a very nice GUI for a core server. Source: over 2 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Start8 and Cairo Shell, you can also consider the following products

Classic Shell - Classic Shell was developed for Windows 8 since that was the first version of the popular operating system to forgo the iconic Start menu.

bug.n - Provide views (i. e. virtual desktops) for showing only those windows, which you need to do your work..

Open Shell - Open Shell is a fork of the Classic Shell project for Windows that getting back the classic start...

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').

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.

WindowBlinds - WindowBlinds is a computer program that allows users to skin the Windows graphical user interface.

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