I wish this would be the solution. What I would like specifically for Linux are alternative desktop environments like the resurrected CDE. Themes don’t update well and are in my experience, sluggish.

Try this

- XFCE

- Bluecurve theme for GTK, cursors, XFWM4: https://github.com/neeeeow/Bluecurve (scale the xpm files from the XFWM4 theme 2x: mogrify -resize 200% *.xpm)

- Default Bluecurve theme font: Luxi Sans Regular

- Tiled wallpaper from KDE 1: https://github.com/KDE/kde1-kdebase/blob/master/pics/wallpap... (scale it 2x using a external tool, and use it tiled)

- Icons: https://www.pling.com/p/1012233/

Once you are done you can listen to this to have a more immersive retro experience: https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_player&query=3...

Thanks!