AeroThemePlasma
Shares rank 4 of 5 desktop themes by recommenders
People recommend this free KDE theme because it makes a Linux desktop look very close to Windows 7, and no critics were reported.
People recommend this free KDE theme because it makes a Linux desktop look very close to Windows 7, and no critics were reported.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Looks nearly identical to Windows 7
“The screenshots could easily fool me into believing it actually is Windows 7”
Comment from 30 Dec 2025 in “Loss32: Let's Build a Win32/Linux” “AeroThemePlasma is by far the closest that exists now”
Comment from 29 Aug 2026 in “Kumander Linux – A Linux Distro with a Windows 7 Desktop” Closest Windows 7 look available
“AeroThemePlasma is by far the closest that exists now”
Comment from 29 Aug 2026 in “Kumander Linux – A Linux Distro with a Windows 7 Desktop”
Other desktop themes people recommend
The four most recommended other desktop themes, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago95 theme for XFCE | 18 | 1 | 95% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Zac-OS-9 | 8 | 1 | 89% | 1 | — | — |
| Platinum Mac OS 8 theme | 6 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | — |
| AeroThemePlasmaThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Breeze KDE Plasma theme | 5 | 2 | 71% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
2 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“AeroThemePlasma is by far the closest that exists now”
“The screenshots could easily fool me into believing it actually is Windows 7”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.