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Interesting name—Nuvola [1] was a colorful glossy icon pack for Linux desktops, from the days when colorful glossy icons were trendy (see also Crystal [2]). To
by sidpatil 6y ago
Interesting name—Nuvola [1] was a colorful glossy icon pack for Linux desktops, from the days when colorful glossy icons were trendy (see also Crystal [2]).
To be honest, these icons were one of the main reasons I was so interested in running Linux on the desktop—they looked so modern and fresh compared to Windows 2000's relatively dull icons (which I have also come to appreciate).
These days I don't really get a chance to see desktop icons, since I'm on i3wm. But seeing those colorful glossy icons brings me back to the sense of magic I felt every time I'd boot up Knoppix from a live CD.
[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuvola https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuvola
[2] https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Crystal_Project https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Crystal_Projec...
- WD-42 6y agoI have a similar story. Back when crystal was first released you had to sign up for an account on a forum called linuxcult.com to get access to them. I ended up being super active on it and I’m still in touch with some of the members to this day. The Linux community back then was wonderful.