Most beautiful GUI (OS 4, Windows 8, ...)?

[KimmoK]

About the default GUI looks I like AmigaOS4 the best.
(my MorphOS setup looks also nice after small tuning, slitaz looks nice, same for bodhi. but it seems if I tune Linux looks, I end up in situation where it malfunctions. Amigalike systems seem more robust for "tuning".)

So far there is not any "perfect" for me... so, customizable GUI is best for me.

[KimmoK]

btw. I prefer drawers. No folders on Amigas, please.  ;-)

@smerf

Zorin 8 looks nice, must try!

(I believe I have many many times suggested some features for Amigalike OS. Now Zorin 8.0 seems to have some of them.
(videos + effects on desktop background, and this http://zosimg.webs.com/lookchanger.png))

hmmm... there was some effects for 68k wb background: http://aminet.net/package/util/wb/wbstars2

[KimmoK]

I might as well bring it up again...
An OS use to be a way to get to your programs. Now they hog up 1GB to 10GB of your hard drive. It probably started when MS 'had' to integrate internet explorer into Windows 98.
There is no easy way to turn off default features.

M$ wanted to make features to sell new OS versions. They did not care to optimize because:
- People did not have any alternative to windows on x86
- RAM+CPU capabilities seemed go up automagically when they release slower than before SW. They even built in things like flight simulators to excel.
- it was normal/ok to force people to buy a new computer in every few years
- support of hundred thousand expansions needed gigabyte of drivers (M$ plug and play wanted all of them on HDD, wether you need it or not)
- etc...

@topic
Ot some point my A2000 looked like this: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qLTDyJicgOA/T_Dx33083II/AAAAAAAAAV0/QQgTGoddwEY/s640/classicamiga_emu02.png
(source: http://amigax1000.blogspot.fi/2012/07/classic-amiga-emulation-on-x1000.html)
But on 1.3, the copper background was even more cool.