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[Joshua Gardner]

I agree with Adam. Blue is a nicer color that gray, and Beryl should always
be an option, not a default.

I do like that desktop though, jmak. Very pretty and, well, Feisty.

-Josh

On 1/7/07, Adam Miller <maxamillion at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 1) I really prefer we keep with the blue theme
> 2) murrina is awesome ... but once again, i vote blue
> 3) No. Beryl should never be default for Xubuntu. xfwm4 should be.
>
> The screen shot is nice, but Beryl is pointless.
>
> -Adam
>
> On 1/7/07, jmak <jozmak at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > It is time to start thinking about the gtk, the window manager and the
> > icon themes that will go into feisty. In order to unify the desktop to
> > the fullest and give a unique character to the release we need to
> > change the previous practice that simply accepted the upstream default
> > settings without modifications (clearlooks and the gnome window
> > decoration).
> >
> > Since we are using the gnome desktop layout, it is a good idea to give
> > a distinct character to xubuntu, in order to fend off the critics
> > according to which xubuntu is just a cheap clone of gnome. By the way,
> > recently I hear this opinion more and more on the forums and the
> > various blog sites.
> >
> > These are my suggestions for feisty:
> >
> > 1) Icons: gray tango
> > 2) gtk theme: murrina gray (the default clearlooks beige doesn't look
> > good with blue, too warm and murrina is faster)
> > 3) Beryl window manager: some blue or glass theme that picks up the
> > background color.
> >
> > I made a screen shot about one possible setup that can be further
> > modified if needed.
> > Ideas are welcome.
> > I've created this wiki where we can put up screen-shots that can be
> > discussed later.
> >
> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Desktop/Feisty/Incoming
> >
> > Jmak
> >
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