The completely new theme for Ubuntu 8.04 has been deferred to the following release. The original plan was to have a fresh theme for every long-term-support release, starting with Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. Now it has been decided to put off the redesign until Ubuntu 8.10. Many theme concepts can be found in the Ubuntu Artwork wiki.
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Member since:2006-07-16
"I for one am really sick and tired of push-my-distro-of-choice posts. "
Then you must be on your death bed my friend. I can't imagine how you manage to look at any tech sites these days, what with Ubuntu being pushed in everyone face on a nearly daily basis. Every fan boi with a blog and an Internet connection seems to feel the need to write an in-depth article every time an Ubuntu dev breaks wind.
Member since:2005-07-17
Creating or even modifying GTK2 theme engine isn't that simple. It has major impact on speed and stability of every app and it's a smart choice not to toy with it in LTS release.
Was there even anyone seriously working on that? There was a plan to change theme, some amateur concept works were submitted, some pixmap-based stuff was posted on gnome-look.org, nothing else AFAIK.
Member since:2005-07-06
There are some GOOD and MATURE engines that are a lot better than the dated Ubuntulooks engine. Murrine and Clearlooks are two examples.
So introducing PulseAudio is possible but taking Clearlooks and changing the colors is a though task. Well, I gess that PulseAudio will cause a lot more bugs than Murrine could have caused.
Member since:2008-02-07
"Linux Mint is quickly becoming what Ubuntu could be if it dropped its attitude problem. One only needs to see how quickly Linux Mint has climbed the rankings at Distrowatch.com to know people are beginning to prefer it."
My god, Gump, you're a statistical genius! Further evidence: when you put 'mint' into Google you get way more hits than 'ubuntu'. Truly incredible!!
But wait .. when I go to distrowatch and check out the stats for the last 3 months ,or last 30 days, it shows Mint going down and Ubuntu going up. What gives!? Surely its a mistake! Maybe .. maybe .. its just the "attitude" of Mint.
Member since:2007-02-17
ummm, the theme used in Edgy was even moew brown, and poo like. I personally did not like it and liked what they developed afterwords instead which was a pinkish brown. They started getting more orange with Feisty.
I just find the art team to be too disorganized compared to other distros. Though I actually like the human theme and they've been doing an okay job with the icons.
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2006-07-16
No surprise here. The impression the devs are trying to give is that they won't have the time or resources to implement something as *complicated* as a new theme! The fact of the matter is that this is simply yet another excuse to continue with the hideous and extremely dated crap browns and oranges many of us have come to loath about Ubuntu. Obviously the devs like this look and will stick with it at all costs. Many people don't remember that an entirely new theme was developed for Ubuntu 6.10 (a.k.a. Edy) but scrapped at the last minute and with very little in the way of a good reason. I for one I'm sick and tired of my default desktop looking like crap...literally. Thankfully, the new Linux Mint 5.0 (a.k.a. Elyssa) will follow shortly after Hardy's release and you can bet your next paycheck that it will be stunningly elegant and pleasing to use while offering many things that Ubuntu fails to deliver in its default install. Linux Mint is quickly becoming what Ubuntu could be if it dropped its attitude problem. One only needs to see how quickly Linux Mint has climbed the rankings at Distrowatch.com to know people are beginning to prefer it.
Edited 2008-02-07 03:09 UTC