Ubuntu.com Gets a Face-Lift

I am unsure as to when this happened, but I noticed today that the official Ubuntu website got a new look.

Take a look.

What do you think? I love it!  It looks fresh!

Also, the Ubuntu Forums got some freshening up a little.  Check it out.

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SCREENSHOT: March 4, 2007 – Dark and Fresh Ubuntu Linux

Well, here is my new Ubuntu Linux desktop. I’ve worked quite a bit on it, I am proud of it, and comfortable with it. What makes it complete is also what you cannot see in the screenshots. Read on to find out more…

I changed from this theme to the darker theme below when I finally replaced my CRT monitor for an LCD monitor. My CRT would never have made this theme usable; it would have been too dark to read anything. Therefore, if you have a CRT monitor and look at my screenshots and think that they’re too dark for you, it’s time you replace your monitor, cause holy smokes LCDs are WAY better! I even spent a lot of time customizing my Windows XP to a darker theme. I’ll post a screenshot of that desktop soon.

I also find that my new theme goes really well with the new Linux FUD WordPress theme called Freshy. Which brings me to names. I don’t know what to call this Desktop, though. It’s kinda Vista-y and Fresh. Maybe Freshta? Hehe… Freshta. I’ll have to sleep on that.

Let me know what you think:

Bare:
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Busy – Amarok & Kopete:
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Busy – Nautilus & Terminal
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UPDATE (2007.03.08): You can rate this Desktop on the Ubuntu Forums Gallery HERE.

Here are the details of, er, Freshta.

• Wallpaper: “My Very Own Vista“
• Gnome Controls and Window Borders: Neutronium
• Icon Theme: Amaranth (not sure if this came with Ubuntu/Gnome or if I installed it myself)
• Dock Bar: gDesklets StarterBar with the background taken from the Neutronium theme.
• Other icons used for the StarterBar, my gnome panels, and the desktop were gathered mainly at deviantArt and doing Google Image searches for icons.
• Font: Segoe UI from Microsoft Vista and Office 2007
• CPU temperatures and fan speeds: gkrellm
• Analog clock: gDesklets FTB-clock
• Network information: FTB-net-gauge
• Amarok and Kopete: color schemes were changed by manually changing the color theme in my KDE desktop

What you don’t see also makes a big difference in the overall theme flow that makes it comfortable to use. For example, I use the Avio-GDM GDM Theme (sometimes the DarkCleanLinux GDM) and the DarkCleanLinux Splash theme. For the desktop background color, I use a Vertical Gradient with the following colors in Hex: #373737 and #000000 (Black), respectively; they go well with the splash when Ubuntu is loading. Other GTK colors were manually changed.

Check out all of my desktop screenshots.

Linux FUD Gets a Widget… er, Blidget!

A new month brings new things… er, one new thing to Linux FUD… a BLIDGET!

Like this blog? Even if it’s just ‘kinda‘? Then use the “Get My Widget” button on the left right (or in this post) to add a beautiful Linux FUD blidget to your site. You’ll get some simple javascript code to incorporate in your site. Unfortunately, it doesn’t work with WordPress.com because of the script, but does work with the hosted version of WordPress blogs.

These wonderful blidgets are possible because of Widgetbox.