New Themes For Ubuntu

[lxskllr]

I don't like it. Ubuntu should be brown. Fine if they want to add themes, but the official colors should be brown and orange. They were elegant, and reserved. Good for an O/S that aspires to serious acceptance, and not just for script kiddies, and 1337 haxors...

http://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2010/03/ubuntu-dumps-the-brown-introduces-new-theme.ars

 

[Paperlantern]

I'm thinking the colors should be whatever the developers want them to be, as long as they are customizable, truly what does it matter, 90% of users change it almost immediately anyway.

 

[Kadarin]

The whole ugly brown thing did turn me off to Ubuntu to an extent.

 

[Red Squirrel]

The new theme looks nice, just need to change that wallpaper, but that's something everyone changes anyway. Come to think of it, I have never played with themes in Windows. Probably because they take up so much resources compared to in Linux. First thing I do when I install XP is turn off the eye candy.

 

[lxskllr]

The whole ugly brown thing did turn me off to Ubuntu to an extent.

What a proper Ubuntu desktop should look like :^P

 

[Terzo]

That is a suave font. Looks all classy and sophisticated. I like it.

 

[lxskllr]

That is a suave font. Looks all classy and sophisticated. I like it.

Thanks :^)

I'm still playing with it. Honestly, it can be hard to read for some things. I'd like a little more granular control with the fonts. I like what I have a lot for menus, buttons, and things like that, but it also affects things like built in configuration files, and sometimes email(I guess when it gets sent as ASCII). So far the positives outweigh the negatives, but this is a secondary computer. I'd have to do more tweaking if it were my primary box.

 

[Red Squirrel]

At least move that clock to the other side, it gives it too much of a "Vista" look. 😛

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

As for the Ubuntu theme, I think it looks good (Mac OS X, anyone?). The brown and orange didn't go well, I thought.

That is a suave font. Looks all classy and sophisticated. I like it.

I went through a phase where I changed some of my fonts to that sort of script as well. I don't think it works particularly well. The letters too often extend above or below the line and are subsequently cut off, and since they're quite rare you get some programs which don't support those fonts, and the result clashes. I prefer something more...modern.

At least move that clock to the other side, it gives it too much of a "Vista" look.

Is that necessarily a bad thing? You can't go about changing things just because they happen to make it look even remotely like windows.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I went through a phase where I changed some of my fonts to that sort of script as well. I don't think it works particularly well. The letters too often extend above or below the line and are subsequently cut off, and since they're quite rare you get some programs which don't support those fonts, and the result clashes. I prefer something more...modern.


Is that necessarily a bad thing? You can't go about changing things just because they happen to make it look even remotely like windows.

Nah was just kidding around. I saw the clock and it reminded me of Vista, the reason to switch to Linux. :awe:

 

[lxskllr]

Nah was just kidding around. I saw the clock and it reminded me of Vista, the reason to switch to Linux. :awe:

I love Vista; it's my primary machine :^D I have Win7, but I don't like it as well as Vista. I'm gonna see what happens when Win8 comes out. I'll either switch to that, or go completely to Linux. The only thing really stopping me from being 100% Linux, is gaming. I don't game a lot anymore, but I do like playing the occasional game. I don't like dual booting, so I need to be able to do everything I want in 1 O/S. I have a couple years until I need to decide, so I'll see what happens when the time comes.

 

[Terzo]

Thanks :^)

I'm still playing with it. Honestly, it can be hard to read for some things. I'd like a little more granular control with the fonts. I like what I have a lot for menus, buttons, and things like that, but it also affects things like built in configuration files, and sometimes email(I guess when it gets sent as ASCII). So far the positives outweigh the negatives, but this is a secondary computer. I'd have to do more tweaking if it were my primary box.

I did have trouble making out some of the text but I suppose that's a trade off for the ambiance. Regardless, I love the customization available for ubuntu/linux. Especially since it's generally easy to accomplish.

I went through a phase where I changed some of my fonts to that sort of script as well. I don't think it works particularly well. The letters too often extend above or below the line and are subsequently cut off, and since they're quite rare you get some programs which don't support those fonts, and the result clashes. I prefer something more...modern.

Yes, that's the downside to being able to change nearly everything. I generally only change the "basic" things: metacity, GTK 2.0, and GDM. I generally don't change fonts since they look mostly the same to me, ignoring the italic sets.

 

[VinDSL]

I don't like it. Ubuntu should be brown. Fine if they want to add themes, but the official colors should be brown and orange.

What a proper Ubuntu desktop should look like :^P

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LoL!

I still have plenty of "brown and orange" on my Ubuntu install...

Here's what my proper Ubu 10.04 desktop looks like! :awe:

Heh! Looks like we both prefer dark themes... :sneaky:

 

[lxskllr]

The cube's slick. It's something I've always wanted to use, but I have no use for it. I never use more than 1 desktop on any of my computers. Maybe if I start using Linux on my primary box, I'll find multiple desks advantageous.

 

[PCTC2]

I used to use the cube, but I've just moved to expose and spaces like switching. The cube was fun though. Maybe I'll reinstall compiz-fusion settings and turn it back on.

I have reverted many of my 10.04 LTS installs to either a blue theme (I'll post later) for my workstations, and brown/black + yellow/orange for my servers. Maybe I'll post my desktops later. I really hate that purple so now my login screen is the 9.10 login. I miss the brown, yellow, red, and orange logo.
It's hard to believe I've been using Ubuntu for half a decade now almost.

 

[VinDSL]

The cube's slick. It's something I've always wanted to use, but I have no use for it.[...]

I love it!

It takes a while to figure out how to configure Compiz (to your prefs), but it's worth it, IMHO.

Actually, I run a V modest config -- mixed with a little Metacity. Takes me about 5 minutes to tweak a virgin install.

I have no use for most Compiz features. :sneaky:

I never use more than 1 desktop on any of my computers.[...]

I seldom work on more than 2 desktops, but cube rotation requires 4 desktops, soooo... 4 it is!

Maybe if I start using Linux on my primary box, I'll find multiple desks advantageous.

I use multiple desktops, for instance:

• When I have my web server (in Atlanta) mounted on my home box. I'm paranoid about being logged into a production server as root, on the same desktop as Google Chrome. To my way of thinking, that's just asking for trouble.
  
  
• Or, when I'm listening to streaming talk radio. Murphy's Law #666: You will accidentally close your browser every time a topic gets interesting, and not be able to find it on another feed. LoL!

I weened myself off of Windows about a year ago (on my primary box). On this machine, I run Ubu 9.10 & 10.04 -- that's all.

Truthfully, I don't even *think* about Windows these days.

Nothing personal. I just don't care about Windows -- any more than (say) Mac OS X... ()🙂

 

[lxskllr]

I weened myself off of Windows about a year ago (on my primary box). On this machine, I run Ubu 9.10 & 10.04 -- that's all.

Truthfully, I don't even *think* about Windows these days.

Nothing personal. I just don't care about Windows -- any more than (say) Mac OS X... ()🙂

I'm liking Linux more and more. It's little touches I like a lot. It's much more configurable than Windows. I like Windows a lot, and I think the asking price is fair. I've just been digging the Linux experience lately :^)

My next full install may be a Vista/Ubuntu dual boot, with Ubuntu being my primary O/S. I like playing games on occasion, so I can't completely switch, but I don't game so much where dualbooting would be a huge deal. The game I play most(UT2K4) has a native Linux client, so a lot of the hassle will be removed from the start.

 

[VinDSL]

I really hate that purple so now my login screen is the 9.10 login. I miss the brown, yellow, red, and orange logo.[...]

I love purple, and I love orange.

LoL! Check out the colors on my YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/VinDSL 😀

Having said that, I h-a-t-e the new purple theme in Ubu 10.04!!!

I'm using the 'ubuntu-logo' Plymouth Theme (#9, I think) -- but I changed the login screen background to 'Warmlights' -- and customized the login theme to match my desktop.

On the desktop, I got rid of the gross purple icons. I'm using the standard Gnome icons.

Anyway, I'm happy enough with the look n' feel of Lucid now... 😉

 

[MrColin]

I find the grid plugin for compiz a lot more useful. It basically does the same thing as the ctrl+rightclick in XP or the newer aero snap in windows 7 for quick resizing and positioning of windows. The pager is usefull without compiz, I usually throw long running processes like a terminal with rsync or a mencoder job to another desktop so I don't end up staring at it.

TBH I havent moved the title bar buttons back on my laptop yet and I'm starting to like 'em on the left side.

I like the "radiance" theme just fine, but in previous versions I would usually go with something dark and glassy.