https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K_Desktop … _2.2.2.png 

To me this is when Gnome last looked good:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:GNOM … anager.png

XFCE:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xfce#/med … :Xfce3.jpg

I could go on and on, but I haven't used those, obviously due to getting into linux too late, but they do look nice. In my mind today, those are the last ones that looked good.

Fisher price eye candy desktop managers are ugly

Why in God's name would you want an OS to look like Windows Metro? The goal should be the opposite: to take Flat-Design garbage and make it look more like Windows Classic/Luna/Aero.

To each their own I guess...

But either way, KDE5 and newer, GNOME 3+, CINNAMON, all do the job the OP is asking

If you want something that is over the top on an unreasonable level aka, looking like windows 11,

kde's current or cinnamon fit that bill.

Makes me feel sick inside knowing people like those bloated desktops, but not my choice.

meh...

Thats oke. I ended up reinstalling devuan to get cinnamon in the first place

Cinamon has a theme browser with windows availible. So it's all good now.

The only thing i'm missing are the function keys of my sony laptop. Can't adjust the brightness... That's almost making me switch back.... :-) but i like to figure it out. Loving devuan

but with the desktop I'm back in the stone age.

That's precisely what I like about Xfce.

Then you can configure most to your own idea of perfection.....

So, welcome to freedom for you & your computer...

I have to ask - why do you want it to look like MS Windows?

Lots of people seem to think that if they make it look the same, it will act the same.......wrong!

Well,  it started in 1998 with only 1 PC so for configuring my network card i needed internet. For more information.  Then in 2008 i gave it another try,  then i needed extra packages to show a volume icon in the system tray.

Now since 2 years I'm running Linux fx and i could do anything i need.

But then some guys said: you need to run devuan,  it's more secure. I thought,  okey.... but with the desktop I'm back in the stone age.

I made a desktop choice at installation. That i remember. Which one, i don't :-)

I'm gonna check it out, i'll let you know if it worked for further generations who stumble upon this post.

If you have Cinnamon then there an option Menu>Preferences>System Info that will tell you about your system.

Also in a console/terminal you can run neofetch, or for absolutely everything inxi -F (if not already installed both come in packages with the same names).

On my system neofetch provides this:

marjorie@grendel:~$ neofetch
   ..,,;;;::;,..                   marjorie@grendel 
           `':ddd;:,.              ---------------- 
                 `'dPPd:,.         OS: Devuan GNU/Linux 5 (daedalus) x86_64 
                     `:b$$b`.      Host: MS-7C56 1.0 
                        'P$$$d`    Kernel: 6.1.0-11-amd64 
                         .$$$$$`   Uptime: 1 day, 15 hours, 59 mins 
                         ;$$$$$P   Packages: 2892 (dpkg) 
                      .:P$$$$$$`   Shell: bash 5.2.15 
                  .,:b$$$$$$$;'    Resolution: 1920x1200 
             .,:dP$$$$$$$$b:'      DE: Cinnamon 5.6.8 
      .,:;db$$$$$$$$$$Pd'`         WM: Mutter (Muffin) 
 ,db$$$$$$$$$$$$$$b:'`             WM Theme: Blue-mint (Menta) 
:$$$$$$$$$$$$b:'`                  Theme: TraditionalGreen [GTK2/3] 
 `$$$$$bd:''`                      Icons: menta [GTK2/3] 
   `'''`                           Terminal: gnome-terminal 
                                   CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600G with Radeon Graphics (12) @ 3.900GHz 
                                   GPU: AMD ATI Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Vega Mobile Series 
                                   Memory: 5729MiB / 13876MiB 

The Windows 10 one is supported on:

Installation appears to be download a zip file and extract to a folder (though of course one should still check there are no unexpected files in such an archive).

Lots of people seem to think that if they make it look the same, it will act the same.......wrong!

I made a desktop choice at installation. That i remember. Which one, i don't :-)

I'm gonna check it out, i'll let you know if it worked for further generations who stumble upon this post.