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I think it's a big step backwards. It just doesn't fit. The selling point of Linux, as a desktop OS, would be its stability, reliability, flexibility, etc. I do

by jsz0 17y ago

I think it's a big step backwards. It just doesn't fit. The selling point of Linux, as a desktop OS, would be its stability, reliability, flexibility, etc. I don't think using these weird exotic colors in such inconsistent ways sells those points very well. It looks very amateurish. Of course the point is made you can change the colors/theme easily but let's face it -- lots of people are going to look at the screenshots and make huge irrational assumptions based on them. Something cleaner and more professional looking would capture the essence of desktop Linux better in my opinion. I've always liked the default CentOS theme: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Centos41-desktop-en.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Centos41-...

kentosi 17y ago
But you could also argue it the other way. Staying with a stereotypical light gray desktop theme is easy and doesn't distinguish it from anything else out there. Mac and windows both made bold decisions with their UI, not all of which may have appealed to a lot ot people (remember "pinestripes" on mac? remember the cartoonish look of XP?). While I do see this theme as slightly unual (in that it's a "dark" theme), I do applaud them for taking a risk.