Hey Jorge, I think the brown is a strong/unique feature in ubuntu's brand. I think ubuntu could continue to use brown as their brand/mascot-colour but it should be used tastefully rather than just painting everything brown (like the human theme).
I really don't like the new gdm login theme, think it looks rather geeky and not very 'human' at all. There's no reason ubuntu can't continue with the africa/human/earthy theme but bring it up to speed stylistically and have something really clean, sharp modern and still incorporate the brown. A design competition would be a good way to get loads of ideas of what direction ubuntu could go style-wise? - Jimmy *** Sparkle Interactive *** http://www.sparkleInteractive.co.uk On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:54 PM, Jorge <jorgegarc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi again, > > Does anybody here really like BROWN?. The new notification system is a > very nice step towards a new graphical interface, but I really think that > most of us, the first thing we do when installing, is removing the default > theme. Of course, make some critics without being really involved in the > developing of new themes is easier than work, but ... what do you think? > > (Two hours missing to sleep a siesta) > > Jorge.- > > 2009/4/24 Jimmy Forrester-Fellowes <ji...@sparkleinteractive.co.uk> > > Hey all (first post too), >> I upgraded my work desktop to Januty yesterday, previously I upgraded a >> lot earlier but recently ubuntu releases have felt less stable than they >> were a few years ago so I've been a bit more cautious with my upgrades >> recently. The upgrade itself went smoothly (unlike my experience moving to >> Ibex). Only hitch is I've lost all sound, pulse audio for me was unstable in >> Ibex but in Jaunty it seems to have gone totally mad. I have constantly >> around 160kb of data broadcasting to 224.0.0.56, I discovered it's >> pulseaudio via netstat: >> >> ji...@jimmywork:~$ sudo netstat -np | grep -i udp >> udp 0 0 10.5.30.7:35732 224.0.0.56:9875 >> ESTABLISHED 6909/pulseaudio >> >> I'm sure I'll figure it out anyway, just not had chance to give it much >> time! Other than that the release seems pretty solid. Not made my mind up >> about the notifyOSD; I like the idea of having a coherent notification >> system instead of each app developing their own. However swapping my >> pidgin's guifications for the new ubuntu notifications means I can no longer >> click on the notification to focus the chat window (ie when someone sends me >> a message), it's a minor gotcha but hopefully it will get addressed. >> >> Would also be good to see this group get more popular & active. I was >> shocked when I was told in the official ubuntu IRC channels >> (#ubuntu-offtopic on irc.ubuntu.com/freenode to be specific) LGBT is a >> banned topic according to the channels terms of service. I think in this day >> and age that's appalling, what does everyone else think? >> >> Looking forward to chatting with you all some more :) >> >> - Jimmy >> >> *** Sparkle Interactive *** >> http://www.sparkleInteractive.co.uk >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Robert Wall < >> robertlikesturt...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone! (first post!) >>> >>> I've been using Jaunty since Alpha 3, so I've known about the >>> improvements for a while, but they're still awesome! >>> >>> The boot time decrease for my computer -- from 26 sec on Intrepid to 15 >>> sec on Jaunty ext3 to 13 sec on Jaunty ext4 (on a test install I did; I >>> use ext3 now) is impressive. During normal use, the system doesn't seem >>> any faster than Intrepid, but the bootup improvements are still nice. >>> >>> My Realtek 8187 wireless card now works without disconnecting randomly. >>> The free-software ATI driver works much better with my Radeon HD3450 >>> graphics card than Intrepid did (though it doesn't have 3D acceleration >>> yet). After a very rocky start in the alphas, PulseAudio is now working >>> fine for me. >>> >>> The updated versions of the software I use are great, too. wicd >>> (alternative to network-manager) is in the official repositories now, so >>> I don't need to get that from a PPA; and gnome-do now has Docky (a >>> dock-like theme that's more intuitive for me than the traditional >>> Quicksilver-like layout :). I'm also happy with OpenOffice.org 3, which >>> seems to be more compatible with Microsoft Office. I made a presentation >>> a week or two ago that actually looked the same in Impress and >>> PowerPoint; first time that's ever happened! >>> >>> I've done a few Intrepid to Jaunty upgrades and they've all gone fine, >>> but others have had problems, so backing up your data before upgrading >>> is a smart idea. >>> >>> Jorge: I generally find that sleeping in until ungodly times in the >>> early afternoon fixes that ;) >>> >>> Maia: I'd like to make this group more active. The leaders of similar >>> Ubuntu groups (Ubuntu Women comes to mind) might be able to offer advice >>> on how to increase participation while avoiding attacks from problematic >>> types (which unfortunately includes many on IRC, for example). I >>> recognize that some members are (very understandably) concerned with >>> discretion for personal or professional reasons, though, which adds >>> nuance to this issue :( >>> >>> ~ Robert >>> >>> On Fri, 2009-04-24 at 09:01 +0200, Jorge wrote: >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > Long night without sleeping. :) I tried Kubuntu Jaunty but >>> > installer failed after partition created. It simply stopped. I checked >>> > the CD, and tried again and again. Finally I came back tu Ubuntu >>> > (Jaunty) and every thing went on wheels. Although I'm still using Ext3 >>> > (I love too much my data) it boots incredibly fast comparing to Hardy >>> > or Intrepid. I'd like to know your ext4 experiencies because I'm >>> > thinking about doing a clean installation with ext4. >>> > >>> > And I need a piece of advise: any good make up to repair this >>> > large dark rings under my eyes after all night installing, updating, >>> > customazing? lol >>> > >>> > Regards, >>> > >>> > Jorge.- >>> > >>> > 2009/4/24 Michael DePaulo <mikedep...@gmail.com> >>> > I personally at the moment, do not want to draw too much >>> > attention to my presence in this group. However, that will >>> > change in the future and people who are completely out would >>> > likely want their membership known. >>> > >>> > So anyway, how about that Jaunty? So far I've been very happy >>> > as it has seemed stable. I like the rw filesystem option on >>> > USB keys. You can permanently install programs that way too. I >>> > love the speed of ext4. On my Eee 901's slow 16GB internal >>> > SSD, jaunty with ext4 runs much faster than intrepid with >>> > ext3. The new notification system is nice, although I thought >>> > the old one was fine. Fast boots are very much appreciated. >>> > >>> > How are other poeple's experiences with Jaunty? >>> > >>> > -Mike >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Maia Kozheva wrote: >>> > The team is gradually filling, but its obscurity bugs >>> > me - I only found it when searching for "ubuntu lgbt" >>> > in Google. >>> > >>> > Of course, I realize that it's not the kind of team >>> > one would want to draw attention to. :) >>> > >>> > Still, the mailing list could be more lively than >>> > this. >>> >>> -- >>> Robert Wall <robertlikesturt...@gmail.com> >>> Web: http://www.rww.name/ >>> OpenPGP key ID: 6AB3FC6C >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: >>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-lgbt> >>> Post to : ubuntu-lgbt@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : >>> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-lgbt> >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-lgbt> >> Post to : ubuntu-lgbt@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : >> https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-lgbt> >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-lgbt> > Post to : ubuntu-lgbt@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-lgbt<https://launchpad.net/%7Eubuntu-lgbt> > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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