Comments on: What the Next Theme for Ubuntu Should (and Should Not) Be

By: K Owen

K Owen — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:00:31 +0000

I personally really like the brown colour. The new wallpaper for Ibex shows best what it’s going for I think and every iteration of the human theme is a little closer to brilliant.

I think if you’ve ever seen the red brown earth, the sandy rough bush, the walls of a mud hut all in very bright sunlight that somehow misses being harsh, then you probably have what they are aiming for. When you have that kind of brown a lick of green seems sumptuous and bold red and blue paints seem to hover.

I think that’s what they are going for and when they get there everyone will love brown.

By: BobCFC

BobCFC — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 05:02:03 +0000

Mikey I suppose you disable you right-mouse button and delete the /usr/src directory too

By: zaine_ridling

zaine_ridling — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:53:48 +0000

Makes you wonder if Shuttleworth just fancies brown in all things. Why else would it stay that way version after version?

By: Yfrwlf

Yfrwlf — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:47:53 +0000

Ubuntu uses a theme of browns as a symbol of African and probably human skin and that of other animals as well. I don’t think Mark Shuttleworth ever intents to divert from that theme, as it has become part of what Ubuntu is known for and it’s “brand recognition” so to speak. Plus, yeah, you can always change it to anything else, and you can roll your own distro using whatever software *you* prefer to have installed by default, but yes I am in agreement with you, I’d like to see some more eye candy spice in future versions too.

By: Mikey

Mikey — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:03:09 +0000

I do believe the lord and master of Ubuntu wants Ubuntu to challenge the Mac in terms of the visual experience. No one is going to mistake the crap brown alleged “artwork” for something visually appealing.

The first thing I do after installing Ubuntu is get rid of the crap brown crap and install a Mac theme, Mac icons and Mac wallpaper. Then I have a functional operating system that is pleasing to look at.