ReactPlus!
ReactPlus! is a libre theme collection modeled after the Microsoft Plus! series of software and designed with ReactOS in mind.
For using ReacPlus assets on Linux, visit the ReacPlusYaru project.
Contents
ReactPlus! doesn't currently use visual styles, and conforms to the Windows Theme File Format up to Windows XP.
❌ denotes missing feature, pull requests welcome (see "Contributing" section bellow). Tango assets are used as placeholders for wallpapers and icons.
It should be noted that the Space theme includes support for slideshows, but is commented out, as it's intended to be for testing purposes should ReactOS implement it.
Default themes
- Retro (same colors and metrics as the Windows 95/98 default theme)
- Classic (same colors and metrics as the Windows XP classic theme)
Featured themes
Full name | Folder name | Wallpaper | Modeled after the original from | Notes |
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Aquarium | Aquarium | From Ubuntu: Tranquil, by Pat David | Microsoft Plus! for Windows XP | Originally featured the visual style Luna, blue (NormalColor) variant Visual style not used, only metrics and colors |
Architecture | Architec | From Ubuntu: Blue, by ElSlunko | Microsoft Plus! 98 | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
Baseball | Baseball | Microsoft Plus! for Kids! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Bugs | BUGS | From Ubuntu: Butterfly | Microsoft Plus! for Kids! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
Cityscape | Cityscap | From Ubuntu: Night lights, by Alberto Salvia Novella | Microsoft Plus! 98 | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
Dangerous Creatures | DngrCrts | Ms. Cougar, by Steve Jurvetson | Microsoft Plus! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
Falling Leaves | FallingL | From Ubuntu: FallDrops, by AncientLight | Microsoft Plus! 98 | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
Fashion | Fashion | Microsoft Plus! 98 | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Geometry | Geometry | From Ubuntu: 150305-cinqAA, by Pierre Cante | Microsoft Plus! 98 | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
Horror | Horror | Microsoft Plus! 98 | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Horses | Horses | From Ubuntu: Horses on sand dunes, by Matthias Siewert | Microsoft Plus! for Kids! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
Inside your Computer | InsidePC | Microsoft Plus! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Jazz | Jazz | Microsoft Plus! 98 | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Jungle | Jungle | Microsoft Plus! for Kids! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Leonardo da Vinci | LdaVinci | Microsoft Plus! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Messy Room | MessyRm | Microsoft Plus! for Kids! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Mystery | Mystery | Microsoft Plus! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Nature | Nature | From Ubuntu: Backyard Mushrooms, by Kurt Zitzelman | Microsoft Plus! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
Rock-n-Roll | RockRoll | Microsoft Plus! 98 | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Science | Science | Microsoft Plus! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Science Fiction | SciFi | Microsoft Plus! 98 | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Snowboarding | SnowBrd | Microsoft Plus! for Kids! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Space | Space | Galaxy NGC 3370 | Microsoft Plus! for Kids! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
Sports | Sports | Microsoft Plus! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
The 60's USA | The60USA | Microsoft Plus! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
The Golden Era | ThGldnEr | Microsoft Plus! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Travel | Travel | From Ubuntu: Dybbølsbro Station, by SirPecanGum | Microsoft Plus! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
Tree House | Treehse | Microsoft Plus! for Kids! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts | |
Underwater | UndrWtr | From Ubuntu: Jelly Fish, by RaDu GaLaN | Microsoft Plus! for Kids! | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
World Traveler | WoTravel | Perfume River - Hue, Vietnam, by David Hamill | Microsoft Plus! 98 | Original metrics not ported yet, since they may require proprietary fonts |
Renamed featured themes
These themes are featured in Microsoft Plus! and Plus! 98 but had to be renamed due to branding issues.
Full name | Folder name | Wallpaper | Modeled after | Notes |
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Explorer | Explorer | From Ubuntu: London Eye From Beneath, by Fernando García | Microsoft Plus! 98 theme PhotoDisc. | Original folder name: PhoDisc |
More Redmond | MrRdmond | Microsoft Plus! theme More Windows | Original folder name: MoreWin | |
Photography | Phtgrphy | From Ubuntu Studio: Lense | Microsoft Plus! 98 theme Corbis Photography | Original folder name: Corbis |
Redmond 9x | Rdmond9x | Microsoft Plus! theme Windows 95 | Original folder name: Win95 |
Extra themes
These themes are not featured on any version of Microsoft Plus!, but are inspired in both pre-2010 Windows design, as well as libre culture.
Full name | Folder name | Wallpaper | Modeled after | Notes |
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Homestead | Homested | From Ubuntu: Life, by Paco Espinoza | Windows XP visual style Luna, olive green (HomeStead) variant | Visual style not used, only metrics and colors |
Noir | Noir | Windows XP visual style Royale Noir | Visual style not used, only metrics and colors | |
Pepper & Carrot | PprCarrt | First cover, by David Revoy | Pepper & Carrot | Currently uses Cathy colors as placeholder |
Sonoma | Sonoma | Bliss location, by Goldin+Senneby | Windows XP visual style Royale (Energy Blue) | Visual style not used, only metrics and colors |
Studio | Studio | From Ubuntu Studio: Mixer | Windows XP visual style Zune | Visual style not used, only metrics and colors |
Tango Gnome | TangoGnm | Windows Embedded Standard 2009 visual style | Visual style not used, only metrics and colors Uses Gnome 2 Tango icons |
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Tango Industrial | TangoInd | Windows XP visual style Luna, silver (Metallic) variant | Visual style not used, only metrics and colors Uses Tango Industrial icons |
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Ubuntu | Ubuntu | Ubuntu 9.10 default | Ubuntu Linux Pre-10.04 | Currently uses Garfield colors as placeholder Uses Tangerine icons |
xkcd | XKCD | xkcd | Currently uses Doonesbury colors as placeholder Could have an HTML wallpaper showing the most recent comic, should it ever be implemented in ReactOS |
Excluded themes
The following themes will never be used in ReactPlus! as they are based on copyrighted material:
Full name | Folder name | From |
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Cathy | Cathy | Microsoft Plus! 98 |
Doonesbury | DoonBury | Microsoft Plus! 98 |
Foxtrot | Foxtrot | Microsoft Plus! 98 |
Garfield | Garfield | Microsoft Plus! 98 |
Peanuts | Peanuts | Microsoft Plus! 98 |
RE-man | RE-man | Microsoft Plus! for Kids |
Contributing
Contributions, bug reports, forks and pull requests welcome! The general goals of this project are:
Short-term goals
- Implement missing wallpapers and improve current selection if needed;
- Document Microsoft Plus! themes that serve as inspiration for ReactPlus! to become design guidelines.
Example:
Full name | From | Wallpaper | Icons | Cursors | Notes |
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Dangerous Creatures | Microsoft Plus! | A cougar | My Documents: N/A My Computer: a poison dart frog Network Neighborhood: a tarantula Recycler (empty): an unpuffed blowfish Recycler (full): a puffed blowfish |
General style: classic 3D cursors, light grey Busy cursor: a Portuguese man o' war (animated) Wait cursor: a wasp (animated) |
Optimized for 256 color |
Mid-term goals
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Implement documentation as a wiki and also include reference colors, fonts and metrics;
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Create a branch featuring dark themes;
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Investigate similar libre fonts to the ones used in Microsoft Plus! themes;
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Design missing icons and cursors;
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Design missing sounds.
Long-term goals
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Create a branch using variations of the ReactOS Lautus visual style;
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Design and code missing screensavers;
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Design and code a Plus!98 style theme manager with additional support for XP visual styles.
Optional goal
- Create a branch compatible with Windows 7 and 10, using Aero.
Copying or Reusing
This project has mixed licensing. You are free to copy, redistribute and/or modify aspects of this work under the terms of each license accordingly (unless otherwise specified).
Included *.theme files are free software licensed under the terms of the Lesser GNU General Public License, version 3.
The Tango/Tango Industrial/Tango Gnome/Tangerine icons were compiled by Vertigosity and have the following licenses:
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The Tango icon library was created by the Tango Desktop Project and is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2.5 license.
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The Industrial iconset was created by Jakub "Jimmac" Steiner for Novell/SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10, and is released under the same license as base Tango.
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Gnome-Icon-Theme 2 was created by the Gnome Desktop Project and is released under the GNU General Public license.
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The Tangerine icon set was created by the Ubuntu Art Team and is assumed to be released under the same license as base Tango.
The Ubuntu and Ubuntu Studio wallpapers are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 License.
The Tango Dev Wallpaper by Dindin Hernawan (includes .svg
, .png
and .jpg
files) is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3.
The Dangerous Creatures wallpaper, Ms. Cougar, by Steve Jurvetson, is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 2 license.
The Space theme wallpapers are in the public domain because they were created by NASA and/or ESA.
The World Traveler wallpaper, Perfume River - Hue, Vietnam, by David Hamill, is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike Non Commercial 2 license.
The Sonoma Valley wallpaper, Bliss location, by Goldin+Senneby, is released under the Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike 3.0 license.
The Pepper & Carrot wallpaper, First cover, by David Revoy, is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license.