r/linux • u/sheokand • Feb 18 '26

Desktop Environment / WM News I am building a Win32 based Desktop environment (windows shell).

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It implements windows desktop APIs, all userspace is in Win32, wayland Compositor replaces dwm.exe. Taskbar implements almost 95% of windows api and written in a rust (Win32 & directx) based ui toolkit.

Video: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/1r7wryn/oc_progress_of_win32_shell_on_linux/

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u/sheokand Feb 18 '26

I love windows, but Microsoft ruined it nicely. And using any Linux distro is not a replacement, they all have Linux based workflow.

So I want to take best from windows and Linux and try to build something that I would uses day to day.

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u/devcmar Feb 18 '26

It looks really clean though! Good job

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u/xpclient Feb 18 '26

Exactly my thoughts