[ubuntu-art] current status of intrepid theme (Dust?)

[Andrea Cimitan]

2008/8/25 Hajo E. <regardful at googlemail.com>:
> Hello designers, developers and mailing list readers,
> Looks like the mail did not get through the last time a few days ago, so
> here it is again (I'm sorry if you got this mail more than one time):
> After consulting Google, http://wiki.ubuntu.com, #ubuntu-artwork and
> launchpad i couldn't find information on what exactly the three different
> deadlines in the Release schedule of Intrepid Ibex [1] mean.
> I'm just curious if there is a chance at all that a theme like Dust [2] can
> still make it into Ubuntu 8.10 or if it is too late and we will end up
> having almost the same design we have seen in 8.04 and no innovations.
> Regarding the Dust theme:
> Dust (as seen in the wiki) has some advantages over the other popular themes
> which compete against each other being the new default theme:
> * It looks mature
> * the font and font size used in the pictures in [2] creates a very
> different appearance (i would vote for a 1pt smaller font size in intrepid
> compared to the size that is used in the last ubuntu versions)
> * a bit of transparency like it is used in the GNOME panel makes it look a
> grain more elegant
> * ... rest of the arguments can be read in the comments of the wiki page
> Another question i am interested in is why there are no paid designers who
> could be able to create a good theme.
> Thanks for reading.
> Regards,
> Hajo E.
> [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/IntrepidReleaseSchedule
> [2] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Intrepid/DustTheme
> --

No Dust won't be part of ubuntu, these are themes from the community
to the community, and are not planned for any kind of inclusion.

Cheers