Linked by Kroc Camen on Sun 9th May 2010 12:34 UTC
"Dear Ubuntu, for the last couple years life has been good. Every time I've shown you to a friend or family member, they've compared you to what they're familiar with--Windows XP or Vista, mostly--and by comparison you've looked brilliant. Yeah, your ugly brown color scheme was a bit off-putting at first, but once people saw how secure, simple, and reliable you were, the response was almost universally positive. But recently, things have changed ..."
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2009-10-04
I agree. Windows 7 looks terrible by default, and there isn't much opportunity for changing anything besides colors and transparency levels. I much prefer Vista's theme.
Ubuntu 10.04's default theme is not my favorite, but it is better than Windows 7. And shiki-colors (a quick sudo apt-get install away) is much better than Windows Vista, 7, and Ubuntu's default.