Hoary default desktop background

[JeffS]

Now, the Ubuntu "Human" theme is actually quite nice. The browns and tans and such look warm and comforting.

But the new defualt desktop background in Hoary, the only thing that comes to mind is .....




Unmentionable




Seriously. When I see the screenshots over at Linuxbeta.com, the only thing that comes to mind is unmentionable.

Hate to be gross or anything. Just consider this "tough love". I love Ubuntu the distro, but c'mon, the new default desktop background is hideous.

This gives me the same "WTF" reaction as Mandrake's new name change to Mandriva (which sounds like a transvestite or something).

I'm sure I'll get flames for mentioning this. That's okay. If you like looking at unmentionable on your otherwise nice Gnome desktop, well, knock yourself out.

[BWF89]

I think Mandriva sounds like a brand of hard disk drives.

[bored2k]

I'm sure I'll get flames for mentioning this. That's okay. If you like looking at diarrhea on your otherwise nice Gnome desktop, well, knock yourself out.

Just keep it clean for us kids.

[zenwhen]

I kind of like it.

[carlc]

So what's up with Mandriva? Mandrake was actually a cool name. What was the thinking behind the name change?

[TravisNewman]

there's a thread about this in this section already

[carlc]

Thanks, I went back and read it. I personally would have left it has Mandrake.

[CowPie]

It is sooooo ugly that I changed the desktop background to a single colour. I think it's funny that the best background Ubuntu had was hte blue one from the prerelease Warty

[jeremy]

I don't like the browns myself, but, being a GNU/linux distro, everything is easy to change to my taste!

[aburda]

I am in agreement about the hideous hoary background. I liked the simple warty background. I immediately changed the hoary background to a simple brown color and have been meaning to find something to put in its place.


Aaron