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  1. Win8DE: Windows 8 UI as a Wayland Shell for Linux

    If you thought Windows 8’s tile‑based “Metro” era was dead and buried, a small but ambitious open‑source project has other plans: Win8DE recreates the Windows 8 Start screen, lock screen and on‑screen display as a Wayland shell for Linux, and the result is equal parts nostalgia, design...
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    Windows 8 Questions on Windows 8

    After finishing a big job for a friend using Windows 8, I now have some questions that I would like to getting a better understanding of. If one is working with the tiles interface, is there any way after exiting a tile; of going back to the tile interface instead of the desktop? If there is, I...
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  3. Windows 8 In Pictures: 5 tricks to restore the Windows 8 Start menu

    As everybody knows, the Start button is not included in Windows 8, and Microsoft has vowed not to put it back. If you’d rather not be forced to use the full-screen, tile-based UI, called Modern, here are five alternative programs that install on Windows 8. Link Removed
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  4. Windows 8 A third of all users have added a Start button and menu to Windows 8 (maybe)

    Windows 8 users fall into two simple categories. There are those that miss the old way of working and don’t really care too much about the tiled Start screen, and those users who have embraced Microsoft’s new operating system and don’t understand why people are still whittling on about the Start...
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  5. Windows 8 EEeeek, this thing has Windows8!

    It doesn't need or take heaps of "customizing". And maybe people won't react, respond or adopt well, willing or enthusiastically, even, w/ interest or curiosity IF they hear BEFORE they themselves bother w/ it, that it is a "mess". Rather would taint the notion of, even, investigating, for...
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  6. Eight Is a Stylish, Windows 8-Inspired Start Page for Your Browser [Start Page]

    # startpage If your browser's default start page is feeling a little ugly and boring, DeviantART user flatmo1 has created a great-looking start page inspired by Windows 8's tiled interface, ready to get you to your favorite sites with just a click. More*» Source: Yahoo! News
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  7. Microsoft Windows 8: What's Changing?

    With the PC market quickly shifting from desktops to tablets, Microsoft's decision to move past its original Windows user interface and switch to a tile-centered interface tailored for tablet PCs is a logical direction for its new operating system Windows 8. Source: Yahoo! News
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  8. Windows 8 user experience will come down to apps

    Microsoft shook up the tech world with a very advanced look at the upcoming Windows 8. As nice as the tile interface looks the user experience will come down to apps, and that is beyond... Source: Yahoo! News
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  9. Microsoft unveils Windows 8

    Tile interface designed for tablet and touchscreens Microsoft showed the next version of its Windows OS at a press event, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging world of tablet PCs. Link Removed
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  10. Microsoft unveils touch-oriented Windows 8

    Microsoft showed Thursday the next version of its Windows OS at a press event in Taipei, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging world of tablet PCs. Link Removed
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  11. Microsoft unveils touch-oriented Windows 8

    Microsoft showed Thursday the next version of its Windows OS at a press event in Taipei, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging world of tablet PCs. Source: Yahoo! News
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  12. Microsoft Unveils Touch-Oriented Windows 8

    Microsoft showed Thursday the next version of its Windows OS at a press event in Taipei, unveiling a completely new tile-based interface that it hopes will be better suited for the emerging world of tablet PCs. Link Removed
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