Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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Ubuntu 8.10: Compuz-Fusion Cube Deformation
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| It’s neat eye candy like this that attracts attention, but it’s performance
| and reliability that attracts users. What impresses me is that I can have all
| of this eye candy and all of the software that I need running at any given
| moment and still only be using ~600mb of ram!
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http://kyleabaker.com/2008/09/10/ubuntu-810-compuz-fusion-cube-deformation/
Hmm, my Mandriva "Cube":
http://ml2mst.googlepages.com/mdkgnome3.jpg
The Ubuntu Look Can be Changed, but Linux CAN NOT have a “Look”.
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| Oh I get it, if GNU/Linux can’t make the user drool when he sees a Linux
| desktop, we’ll never get a large userbase. Here’s what I think; let’s not
| teach people to recognize Linux, but let’s teach people to recognize
| something that works as Linux.
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| Lots of people are still complaining about the default Ubuntu theme and while
| I congratulate the artists that brought us Hardy Heron (really, making brown
| and orange and beige almost attractive is quite a feat), aside from the
| background and a few Wm tweaks here & there, there was nothing new, nothing
| to ‘Wow‘ the users.
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http://www.internetling.com/2008/09/10/the-ubuntu-look-can-be-changed-but-linux-can-not-have-a-look/
My Mandriva desktop (Gnome with desklets and Avant Windows Navigator):
http://ml2mst.googlepages.com/mdkgnome1.jpg
The Gnome menu, using the Blue LagoonX theme:
http://ml2mst.googlepages.com/mdkgnome2.jpg
Not quite as ugly and inconsistent as some of the trolls claim eh?
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Cheers
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|_|0|_| Marti T. van Lin
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