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Ubuntu Gets a New Visual Identity

Posted by samzenpus on from the it-cleans-up-well dept.

buntcake writes "Canonical has launched a new visual identity for the Ubuntu Linux distribution. Ubuntu is shedding its previous brown look and adopting a more professional color scheme with purple and orange. The colors will be used in a new GNOME theme and boot splash for Ubuntu 10.04. According to updated design documents that were published in the Ubuntu wiki, 'light' is the underlying concept behind the new visual identity. It displaces the 'human' concept that has been part of Ubuntu's theming and brand vernacular for the past five years. Ubuntu community manager Jono Bacon has posted a screenshot and additional information."

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  1. Re:Dear Ubuntu by advocate_one · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Microsoft has an edge in the UI world.

    ??? ever tried copying/moving a lot of files into another directory and getting an error message halfway through that one of the files has the same name? KDE gives you a far more useful dialog which offers you the chance to rename the file or skip that individual file. It even shows you a preview and properties of each file so you can see if it really is the same file. Windows just gives you an overwrite option... and if you cancel it stops the entire bulk copy/move. Or access is denied to one of the files being copied, Windows just drops out after the error box is accepted and leaves you having to ferret around working out which files were and which weren't copied/moved. Windows Explorer sucks..

    --
    Donald 'Duck' Dunn: We had a band powerful enough to turn goat piss into gasoline.
  2. Re:Dear Ubuntu by Perky_Goth · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And what positive things have you contributed then?
    Asswipe.