I think its about that time. Come October Ubuntu will be the new distrobution that is closing gaps by providing everything from looks to usability. New themes are really turning heads and I think these creative minds are really hitting the nail on the head.
I myself am getting pretty excited and its still a couple months in advance. Why you ask? Finally things are looking good for us (Ubuntu users) to get a good looking, revolutionary interface. I think its been the missing key and will really throw Linux in the ring with Vista and OSX in terms of user base. Some of the themes are still a little dark in my opinion, but there is plenty of light colors to really appeal to everyone(everyone knows light colors really make a theme :).
Just food for thought. I keep reading around that Ubuntu fans are bandwagon users and that real linux users are the gentoo and debian users. This somewhat disturbs me. Sure all those other linux distro’s are great, but when it comes down to it more people use Ubuntu because it’s the easiest and friendliest for getting up and running. Stability is good, and the repositories are superb. So why can one be called a bandwagon fan when what they’re using works the best? I think knowing the lesser developed systems is great, ok, they may not be lesser developed, but less friendly to the average Joe. I think distributions like Ubuntu are no longer targeting the tech savvy people, but targeting the user’s looking for something stable, useful, and cheaper. People who may not know how to compile programs. User’s who don’t know how to edit the xorg.conf file. People who just need to get things done. I switched to Ubuntu full time at home over a year ago, and set my mom up on Ubuntu about 6 months ago. She has had absolutely 0 problem’s with it so far. I myself have had no serious issues besides just my curiosity pushing the limits
I’m looking for some Ubuntu friends. People who occasionally blog about Ubuntu(or maybe just linux in general). Lets share thoughts, maybe discuss some suggestions on how to improve linux, or just rant on how great it is! Anyone?
I have ranted before about my feelings on a dark theme for Ubuntu. Its not so much that I dislike the dark colors, but they should be mixed in with lighter colors to give a good balance. Mark Shuttleworth has recently been informing us about the direction he wants to take Ubuntu. I stumbled upon this mock up theme which really shows that there is hope for Ubuntu. You can use the light and the dark together to make a very attractive theme. It does have a bit of a mac feel to it but it definitely maintains its Linux integrity. I do think some of the programs in the mock up are a little far fetched as support for a few of the programs are doubtful, but there are plenty of great programs for linux to serve the same purpose.
As some of you may know I am from an area where Nascar thrives down every street and through every home. Since I enjoy the web so much and enjoy racing I have assisted a good friend of mine in getting a racing website up and running. Please welcome RaceJournal.net. Posts are pretty frequent throughout the week and the content is coming from a very knowledgeable person, and of course I will be assisting along the way as well. Please show some love!
