On: Windows 98 icons are great (2015)

[suprjami]

Not the exact icons, but the usage pattern is still alive and well with the Cinnamon and MATE desktops (the latter with the Redmond preset iirc). I won't use anything else.

[oso2k → suprjami]

Also, you can write Win32 apps on Linux with Nano-X/Microwindows.

http://www.microwindows.org/

[anthk → oso2k]

Just use WineLib.