[Klug-general] Ubuntu Branding

Daniel Ellis mail at danellis.co.uk
Sat Mar 6 16:49:13 UTC 2010


My Lucid partition has just updated with this theme.  I like very much
like the new font and colors.  However the window controls (maximize,
minimize, close) have been moved to the left, and I think this is an
extremely bad idea usability wise and I can't find any justification
for it.

On 6 March 2010 16:33, Colin McCarthy <binarysignal at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6 March 2010 15:30, George Prowse <george.prowse at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 06/03/2010 14:56, Anoj Perera wrote:
>> > Looks like ubuntu is becoming more like Mac
>> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Brand
>> >
>> >
>> As a Mac owner (and Ubuntu) I can tell you in no uncertain terms that
>> that is far from Mac
>
> Yes Ubuntu is free and open and gives you choice. Ubuntu is for individuals.
> Mac is for sheeple....baaarr.
> Some of us KLUGGERS have discussed this a bit on Buzz (yes Buzz is used,
> unlike Wave) and we thought the next Ubuntu did look very Mac-ish.
> However with Linux we have a choice so installing a suitable non Mac looking
> theme will be simple.
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