Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu: Linux for Auntie
Kris Douglas wrote: I think something like a theme selector should be added to the setup, for example you could select bluebuntu(blubuntu?) or another colour scheme of your choice. Then you could go in to choosing window managers, rather than having to download different disks... I think part of the point about having one window manager on the disc is to keep down the space used, otherwise you're looking at either a DVD install or multiple CDs which wouldn't work for a live CD. Not to mention, if you're just demonstrating Linux, it's much easier to just give out a live CD which just boots into a working desktop than be bogged down with questions. Personally I like brown theme, it's easier on the eyes for me. Oh and Sean, how do you mean it looks so 1990's? Windows 3.1, 95, 98, NT and ME* all didn't have brown colour schemes. If you ask me it looks nice with the high quality high colour Gnome (or KDE) icons and the *nix desktop has come along way since the days of the Motif window manager. Anyway, I hope that it gives this guy at the BBC a good feel for the alternatives to Windows. Most (sadly not all) of the people I've demontstrated Ubuntu to who have later moved over have been impressed and pretty much all stuck with Ubuntu. Rob * Same applies for OS/2, and MacOS, they weren't brown either. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu: Linux for Auntie
Jono's just got Ashley Highfield (of iPlayer infamy) to try out Ubuntu: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/pic_of_the_day_ubuntu_installf.html John -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu: Linux for Auntie
On Feb 18, 2008 7:27 PM, Sean Miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I do actually agree that the default Ubuntu colour scheme is pretty awful... it's a shame because the splash screens on startup are now really pleasant, but when you get onto the desktop it's very 1990s... granted, it is easy enough to change but first impressions do often count... Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ I think something like a theme selector should be added to the setup, for example you could select bluebuntu(blubuntu?) or another colour scheme of your choice. Then you could go in to choosing window managers, rather than having to download different disks... -- Kris Douglas Softdel Limited Hosting Services Web: www.softdel.net Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu: Linux for Auntie
John Levin wrote: Jono's just got Ashley Highfield (of iPlayer infamy) to try out Ubuntu: http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/bbcinternet/2008/02/pic_of_the_day_ubuntu_installf.html John Nice one Jono! -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Ubuntu: Linux for Auntie
I do actually agree that the default Ubuntu colour scheme is pretty awful... it's a shame because the splash screens on startup are now really pleasant, but when you get onto the desktop it's very 1990s... granted, it is easy enough to change but first impressions do often count... Sean -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
