Ubuntu Goes Light

That looks a lot better actually, maybe enough to make me switch from Mint. Don't get me wrong, it's a great distro for users coming from Windows but Shiki is getting a bit tiring and i don't really need to have the Windows style layout.

I knew 2010 was going to be a good year for Linux. 10.04 could just be that final push needed to make it a truly considerable option for the average user.

Speaking of which, i think that it would be a good idea, for the same reasons as this, for the default Debian WM to switch from Gnome to XFCE, as it lends itself far better to a lighter OS rather than a fully featured one which to be frank it isn't doing a great job of competing against. That and XFCE has come along leaps and bounds in the past few years and could easily be the equal of Gnome if it had the right developer.
 
I like Linux but god is that Grub2 rubbish. Grub1 was better and easier to edit. Grub2 is still waiting for its GFX options, then it will be worth using
 
It's certainly an improvement, but it's still nowhere near as polished as windows, which is what we really need to compare ubuntu to.
 
Superewza said:
That looks a lot better actually, maybe enough to make me switch from Mint. Don't get me wrong, it's a great distro for users coming from Windows but Shiki is getting a bit tiring and i don't really need to have the Windows style layout.
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Why not just change your GNOME theme? I don't think I've ever heard of switching distros for a different look :P

As for the look...I was never really bothered by how Ubuntu's default theme looked, since I always customise the look of any distro I use. Then I found that GNOME was just too heavy for my needs. I don't need to have my hand held any more and the bloat annoys me. That being said, I have had a lot of complaints from people whose computers I have installed Ubuntu on. The only time I didn't get those was when I installed Hardy, because it had a nice wallpaper.

This might stop some people complaining, might cause others to, but I do think the defaults have needed freshening up for a while just for the sake of making people take notice. :)

What I really hope happens with Lucid is that we end up with a stable release. I've had problems from day one with Karmic (which is now not running on my main machine - Arch has taken its place) and I always got the feeling that they released on-schedule, knowing that there were some significant issues, in order to be able to compete with Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Without that kind of pressure this time, it should be okay. After all, this will be a LTS release, so stability is important.
 
I have tried, i just don't think that there are any that are really that much better. At this point Shiki is about the best you can get but i've been using it for a while and i like new things.
 
Strange thing to be excited about, the very word "default" suggests the appropriate course of action if you don't like it.

Same goes with debian, if you don't want gnome, don't install it.
 
Urgh, that looks terrible, I'm sure they'll clean it up before the final release.

One of my gripes with Linux GUI is the developers often choose terrible fonts in large sizes as the default layout. I know it can be changed etc, but still.


As someone who just wants a free, non-hassle, working OS. Linuxmint is what I choose at the moment
 
i like it. it looks slightly more professional than previous efforts. and its actually a fairly nice default theme. but i'll reserve judgement until its final.

id definately change the default icon set to....

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Meliae?content=88482

it seems to get pretty much all the icons on ubuntu/mint themed. :) try it. it looks great.

there is also this bar theme too which uses the same icons from the icon pack, but changes the bar theme to either dark or light depending on what colour theme your using.

http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Meliae+SVG+(dark+and+light+panels)?content=118676
 
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