The minimalistic theme looks amazing. I think that should be the default as well, maybe with a message saying "Press CTRL-ALT-F# to see details" or something like that.
If not that, the old one should be brought back; the new one looks terrible IMO. There's a poll in the forums about it now as well, and the majority of people that have voted so far want the old one back. http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=175620 -- Regression in usplash artwork https://launchpad.net/bugs/44339 -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs