Do you want brown or blue?

[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

On Wednesday 31 May 2006 22:22, Derek Broughton wrote:
> Alan McKinnon wrote:
> > On Tuesday 30 May 2006 17:33, Daniel Robitaille wrote:
> >> "I made it a point to request that Ubuntu get rid of the default
> >> shit brown theme. He mentioned that other people have requested the
> >> same and that in future releases Ubuntu will ask you if you would
> >> like a different theme during the install process."
> >>   (http://pdavila.homelinux.org/blog/?p=120)
> >
> > FWIW, first time I installed Warty I instantly *liked* the brown theme
> > and still do. Maybe I'm just getting old and can't tolerate the
> > skull-numbing dazzle from most modern desktop themes.
> >
> > I really like the soft neutral brown, for me the desktop colour moves
> > away and the normal white background of the app moves forward,
> > highlighting the thing I'm working with. Very nice.
>
> I'm a kubuntu user, and we don't get brown by default - but _my_ theme is
> Desert Red.  If only I could figure out how to change the kdm background
> from cold blue (and keep it changed - every new update wants to change it
> back).

better report that as a bug