Friday, March 5, 2010

Ubuntu Cheat Cube



Great to see the cube concept is being used. Ubuntu needs a lot more spheres in the battle against the straights.

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Customise your Metacity Homosapien Theme

With all the noise about the new Lucid Light concept, I think it is best to just stand up for the Metacity Homosapien which still rocks my world in Karmic. For those who want to stick with brown but want something a bit more customised, here is a Metacity Homosapien Customizer.

Hover Nautilus mockup

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Here is the link to test Hover Nautilus

Thursday, March 4, 2010

Ubuntu latest design ethos

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You are Ubuntu!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teUFBU2l-xM&feature=player_embedded

Ubuntu Linux and Ubuntu Cola, a connection?

Is there a connection between Ubuntu Linux and fair trade Ubuntu Cola? Judging by the new logo change, Ubuntu could well be on the path to world domination.

So Drink Ubuntu!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oumVumoEgCo&feature=player_embedded

Andy Cato is one half of Electronic Dance movement Groove Armada and he is a big fan of Ubuntu, at least the Cola version.

Ubuntu's Maroon picking up Red and Brown

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You can see the maroon cool coming out in the text and wallpaper. Yes Maroon has a strange history and is known as a weird colour. Thankfully it brings out Ubuntu eccentricity and playfulness. Maroon works well with Orange, but both colours on their own FAIL miserably. Nobody wants to be known as the Maroon company or the Orange company, but Orange + Maroon, we can live with.

The danger however, is that we could all suddenly go Pink or Purple overnight i.e. Mauve, forgetting that it is the blacks, reds and browns which link Ubuntu to Africa. Old Mauve and Maroon have a lot in common, the former is usually associated with household decor, while the latter is a corporate standard..