Ubuntu Sans Brownness
As an operating system, Ubuntu satisfies my needs quite nicely. I've been using it as my main OS for a while now and I've really grown to appreciate its strong points, namely its excellent package management and community of users. Having said that, there is one trivial aspect of Ubuntu that hasn't grown on me, that being its default theme, artwork and general brownness.
So, last week I looked into the artwork/default themes offered by some alternative Linux distributions. Using these systems, openSUSE especially, made for a refreshing change from the depressing brownness of Ubuntu. So with this in mind I decided it was about time that I changed the default Ubuntu theme installed on my systems.
As it turned out, this wasn't as easy a task I thought it'd be. I actually found it quite difficult and it's taken me a couple of days worth of tinkering to come up with a new theme that I'm happy with. See below for screenshots of my desktop as it is now, details of the theme follow:
Theme Details
Applications: Darkilouche by sgarrity, available from GNOME Art
Window Borders: Black by twigsby, available from GNOME Art
Icons: Tango, available from Ubuntu repositories
Wallpaper: Green Meadow 2 [treated with GIMP lomo filter] by tschel, available from GNOME Art
As well as installing the above artwork, I've also combined the two default GNOME panels into one, freeing up some screen real estate and making my work environment feel less boxed-in. All-in-all I'm fairly pleased with the end result, at the very least it makes for a refreshing change from the previous Ubuntu brownness.
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