Forget Hardy

[Derek Broughton]

Steven Davies-Morris wrote:

> Steve Lamb wrote:
>> On Thu, June 12, 2008 11:14 am, Mario Vukelic wrote:
>>> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 18:44 +0800, Joel Bryan Juliano wrote:
>>>> Honestly, the most thing I complain about Ubuntu is it's lack of
>>>> colors other than brown
>> 
>>> System > Preferences > Appearance > Themes?
>> 
>> Not a direct reply but...  I prefer KDE over Gnome.  I like the blue
>> theme of KDE.  Recently with the direction KDE4 is taking (right into
>>  the crapper) I seriously thought about looking at Gnome.  On my main
>>  machine I installed the Gnome desktop and logged into it.  I'm still
>>  ambivalent about Gnome but I have to say the heron wallpaper that
>> Gnome has it stellar!  A beautiful abstract with lovely, vibrant
>> colors.  I am going to ferret out its location on the hard drive and
>> move it into my normal wallpaper rotation.
> 
> You're right. That is a beautiful piece of abstract art to have as a
> wallpaper. It draws positive comments and allows me to bring up Ubuntu
> when people ask where I got it.

LOL.  I had some trouble when I had to abort the Hardy Kubuntu network
upgrade, and ended up installing Ubuntu as it was the only CD I had
available at the time, and while I _still_ don't like Gnome, I love that
wallpaper.
-- 
derek