Caramel!

[Chanchao]

On Sun, 2006-04-02 at 13:38 +0000, Liam Proven wrote:

> > I loved the orange..  But we're going back to brownish-caramel again?
> > What is it with Ubuntu and various shades of poo?
> 
> What is it that people have against brown?

:)  Anything better than bright shiny blue, indeed, but as far as
non-blue colors go, brown is a bit gloomy isn't it?  I thought the
glossy firy orange of Flight 5 was very, very nice, while not being
blue.

> Ubuntu is & always has been one of the smoothest & most
> professional-looking Linux desktops there is. SuSE is a garish tart's
> handbag, as are most KDE ones. 

Hahahahahahahahaha yes. :)

> Mandriva is a little more restrained
> but still a penguinfest. 

Last one I checked had stars all over.  It looked so cartoony you'd
think it was made by Sanrio.  (Hello Kitty & friends)

> Linspire is a vile mess of neon stripes and
> cheap rubbish shiny looks. Xandros is at least not lairy; instead it's
> drab and plain. Vector is an utter mess of styles designed by spotty
> teenage nerds who've never touched an actual woman and have the visual
> design sense of Stevie Wonder.

:D LOL... 

> There used to be two good-looking, restrained, elegant, businesslike
> Linux desktops out there: RedHat's BlueCurve and Ubuntu's earth-toned
> GNOME. Now Fedora looks like an explosion in a bubblebath factory. I'm
> just glad Ubuntu didn't turn into some retina-searing tangerine dream.

It was just the window titel bars that were the brightest orange... Oh
yes and the progress bars.

> Yes, it's brown. Brown is a lovely warm natural colour. It's the skin
> colour of a quarter of humanity. 

I do think brown looks great on skin, as do most other hues out there,
but on desktop windows? 

> There's nothing wrong with brown.
> It's a change from grey but it's restrained and elegant and
> /different./ Since most Linux graphical design is from the school that
> holds that public spaces look more attractive when liberally sprayed
> with aerosol paint, be grateful for Ubuntu's African-themed nut- and
> bark- hued loveliness.
> And quit bitching about the brown!

OKay, you make a very convincing case.   And such an entertaining post,
too, I'll promise to stop bitching. :)

Cheers,
Chanchao