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Ubuntu to get visual refresh with Hardy Heron

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Dark Star
Dark Star Original post #1
Jan 15, 2008 at 9:32 AM
*www.imgx.org/pfiles/1648/Ubuntu-8-04-a-k-a-Hardy-Heron-2.pngThis propose of hardy theme suggests to Ubuntu 7.10 use the beautiful new Clearlooks engine with subtle changes in the color, selected menu item and in the gnome main-menu. So take a look at the may be future theme of Ubuntu Hardy Heron :D

*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/large/4577/ubuntu-hardy1.jpg *www.imgx.org/pthumbs/large/4578/Ubuntu_Mockup_Hardy_Heron_by_willwill100.png *www.imgx.org/pthumbs/large/4579/Ubuntu_8_04_GUI_Design_Idea_by_Mossblaser.png
*www.imgx.org/thumbs/large/11262_0xojj/mockup2.jpg *www.imgx.org/thumbs/large/11261_szgmd/mockup3.jpg​


GTK Transparent theme design .. New theme engine for Linux

*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/large/4580/murrine_rgba.png​

For All Icon/Wallpaper and other Artwork : Ubuntu Wiki
RCuber
RCuber #2
Jan 15, 2008 at 9:38 AM
Hello Beautiful *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/36a.gif
amitava82
Jan 15, 2008 at 9:52 AM
OMFG!!!!!!!!!!! *img99.exs.cx/img99/8577/yupi3ti.gif
Gigacore
Jan 15, 2008 at 9:56 AM
cool *gigasmilies.googlepages.com/12a.gif
utsav
utsav #5
Jan 15, 2008 at 10:06 AM
OO la la
gary4gar
Jan 15, 2008 at 10:29 AM
*farm3.static.flickr.com/2028/2123380002_ec73f8668a_o.png
superb!
but will the dock be a part of standard desktop?
CadCrazy
Jan 15, 2008 at 11:36 AM
^^ I doubt that
ArZuNeOs
Jan 15, 2008 at 12:08 PM
well well well

Looks like this one is gonna create more hype
praka123
Jan 15, 2008 at 1:25 PM
clear the brown theme pleasE :p
utsav
utsav #10
Jan 15, 2008 at 3:54 PM
??
Rahim
Rahim #11
Jan 15, 2008 at 4:06 PM
Baap re!!! Ek Dum Jhakaas :)
With these themes the Desktop with look awesome. Just hope that New Features would be the real reasons for its download & install rather than these
Visual Delights!!!
I am wondering(thinking ?) about the new and improved features for Hardy, as i am soooo satisfied with Gutsy :), except my Scanner(Lexmark X1185) doesnt work in Gutsy :(

@praka: They will not do that :(
enticer86
enticer86 #12
Jan 15, 2008 at 4:08 PM
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW


Now no one is gonna buy Vista just for the "Looks"
Rahim
Rahim #13
Jan 15, 2008 at 4:12 PM
^^ Vista is forced on People when they buy a new system :( So kinda buying goes out of the Window. M$ uses its reach and $$$ to put Vista down the throat of the people.
enticer86
enticer86 #14
Jan 15, 2008 at 4:26 PM
^^ Vista is forced on People when they buy a new system :( So kinda buying goes out of the Window. M$ uses its reach and $$$ to put Vista down the throat of the people.

Agreed. But one must try and refrain from purchasing Vista, until absolutely necessary.
Here's the 11th commandment:
Thou shalt not use Vista until and unless Bill Gates personally gifts you a copy. - and avoid piracy :rolleyes:
Rahim
Rahim #15
Jan 15, 2008 at 4:28 PM
^ hehehhehe:D :D :D
T
Tech_Wiz #16
Jan 15, 2008 at 4:47 PM
lol~

I use WIn Only for Gamig and XP SP2 does the job pretty well.
utsav
utsav #17
Jan 15, 2008 at 6:42 PM
Xp will rule till 2010
and many will switch directly to vienna .vista is flop like windows 2000
Garbage
Garbage #18
Jan 15, 2008 at 7:08 PM
Wow !!! :)
S
Jan 15, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Xp will rule till 2010
and many will switch directly to vienna .vista is flop like windows 2000
Vista,flop!!:shock::shock:
u must be kidding:confused::confused:
Vista Roxxxx.
BTW the new look of 'oobooontoo':D:D is great.
whre is my copy??
skeletor
skeletor #21
Jan 15, 2008 at 8:24 PM
WOWWWWWWW
This is simply great......
T
The Conqueror #22
Jan 15, 2008 at 8:32 PM
WOW! Excellent OS :D
I really want it ASAP

^^ congrats for ur 300th Post, Gagan :D
max_demon
max_demon #23
Jan 15, 2008 at 11:12 PM
ubuntu pwnes
praka123
praka123 #24
Jan 16, 2008 at 12:04 AM
Vista,flop!!:shock::shock:
u must be kidding:confused::confused:
Vista Roxxxx.
BTW the new look of 'oobooontoo':D:D is great.
whre is my copy??
:eek:sry dude!dont get offended!Vista is a flop already,even Sp1 *may* not rescue its market!as of now,vista sales are depending on the M$ bullying the hardware esp laptop/desktop manufactures to must bundle vista on their products!-this is reality dude!think!then why did they released sp3 for win xp when M$ openly claims that xp support is ending :lol: even major OEM pc manufacturers like dell are allowing downgrading option from vista to xp :p
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Hitboxx #25
Jan 16, 2008 at 12:15 AM
Amazing, pretty neat, hope the mock-ups get materialized :D

Cimitan used RGBA colormaps to implement the feature and says that, with only 10 or 20 extra lines of code, translucency can easily be added to other theme engines that support RGBA. from here
Lolz and now how many years and lines did M$ add to get the translucency in Vista?:rolleyes:
infra_red_dude
Jan 16, 2008 at 12:24 AM
^^^ Yeah thats coz people's ignorance is taken for granted! :D
praka123
praka123 #27
Jan 16, 2008 at 12:26 AM
well,M$ will include that in "singularity" :p
faraaz
faraaz #29
Jan 16, 2008 at 6:35 AM
I'm in looooove! :D :D :D
M
mehulved #30
Jan 16, 2008 at 12:23 PM
Thou shalt not use Vista until and unless Bill Gates personally gifts you a copy. - and avoid piracy :rolleyes:
I still wouldn't

Please don't get fanboyism and Vista in this thread. Neither belong here.
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FilledVoid #31
Jan 16, 2008 at 12:26 PM
Looks awesome.
bikdel
bikdel #32
Jan 16, 2008 at 1:41 PM
:eek:sry dude!dont get offended!Vista is a flop already,even Sp1 *may* not rescue its market!as of now,vista sales are depending on the M$ bullying the hardware esp laptop/desktop manufactures to must bundle vista on their products!-this is reality dude!think!then why did they released sp3 for win xp when M$ openly claims that xp support is ending :lol: even major OEM pc manufacturers like dell are allowing downgrading option from vista to xp :p

offtopic: well Windows 2000 sp4 came around 3 years ago... That was like 5 4 years after XP was released.. so according to you XP may have been a flop and ms offered service packs to Windows 2000 :D..
anyway no offenses :)

yeah this hardy heron really ROXXXXX
x3060
x3060 #33
Jan 17, 2008 at 7:11 AM
Xp will rule till 2010 and many will switch directly to vienna .vista is flop like windows 2000

Win 2000 is not a flop , but ME is , infact 2k was the best IMO, if only they have a SP5 , unfortunately it aint gonna happen. any ways back on topic


@darkstar, mate thats one hell of a desktop. *farm3.static.flickr.com/2374/2107304572_b5f0b2191d_o.png
aah , the black beauty.....:)
F
FilledVoid #34
Jan 17, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Although I love Ubuntu and the Eye Candy. I really don't think that Eye Candy was what Heron needed. Personally it needs a lot more functionality improvements if you were to ask me. Improved Mobile Connectivity, Better H/W support, Increased User friendliness (I'm talking from the Troubleshooting aspect.) etc. Just my personal Opinion though.
praka123
praka123 #36
Jan 17, 2008 at 1:35 PM
wireless,printer supports are the first priority for Linux community.Hope the billionaire mark shuttleworth and his company cannonical can persuade those hardware companies to open drivers for FOSS community and hence without the need of ndiswrapper or pluginwrapper,we ,the Linux users should have our hardware supported!.

Also,rather than focuzing on all customized spins of ubuntu,cannonical and Ubuntu Community should keep their work on Ubuntu-Gnome.

Let others control and keep the kde,xfce distros !why the pain of maintaining 3 distros!already kubuntu is heard a lil buggy!.give to kde/xfce community to keep kubuntu,xubuntu etcetra.

already kde debian distros are available like simply mepis which is really easy to use!and is direct debian based with new versions. :)
aditya_v
aditya_v #37
Jan 17, 2008 at 11:26 PM
Well, graphical updates are cool. But I am more excited with Pulse audio.. It would really take sound to the next level..

I am using pulse audio for Gutsy and it has brought life back to sennheiser 's :)
praka123
praka123 #38
Jan 18, 2008 at 12:42 AM
^well I am using pulse audio in my debian sid and it is really better sans the problem of gecko based browsers crashing with latest flashplayer9+pulse audio,when u right click flash object to click "settings" option :p
aditya_v
aditya_v #39
Jan 21, 2008 at 10:34 PM
^well I am using pulse audio in my debian sid and it is really better sans the problem of gecko based browsers crashing with latest flashplayer9+pulse audio,when u right click flash object to click "settings" option :p

Well, i use noscript to make sure no flash thingies work anyway.. and I would , anyday try go with muuuchhh better sound than some flash animation..

There is one thing though.. the incrmenting volumes, or adjusting equaliser takes effect after a delay.. it sometimes really bugs me.. being a audiophile that i am.
praka123
praka123 #40
Jan 21, 2008 at 10:56 PM
^no delay for me!.its easy setting up pulseaudio in sid!
vish786
vish786 #41
Jan 21, 2008 at 11:32 PM
is it available for download(any alpha/beta version would work for me) ??

anyways, I got the link Download
Vivek788
Vivek788 #42
Jan 24, 2008 at 7:06 AM
wow very refreshing screen .....nice luks...ony beta released so far na?this is really a makeover.nice
Dark Star
Dark Star #43
Jan 25, 2008 at 11:06 PM
Edit: Added 2 new Mockup .)
K
khattam_ #44
Jan 25, 2008 at 11:51 PM
Great... but I'm happy with OpenSuse 10...

And yes, KDE 4 is Great...
shady_inc
shady_inc #45
Jan 26, 2008 at 12:35 PM
That is some nice eye-candy.!
Has anyone tried the beta version of Hardy Heron here.?How much different is it from Gutsy Gibbon.?
vish786
vish786 #46
Jan 26, 2008 at 4:21 PM
@dark star, hardy is numbered as 8.04... ur first post confused me & downloaded something else. :-?
infra_red_dude
Jan 26, 2008 at 6:52 PM
Yeah shashwat, I actually couldn't get whats this:
This propose of hardy theme suggests to Ubuntu 7.10 use the beautiful new Clearlooks engine with subtle changes in the color, selected menu item and in the gnome main-menu.

Hey shashwat, where are your customization threads huh? We are missing that pal!
Dark Star
Dark Star #48
Jan 26, 2008 at 8:42 PM
^^ That means the themes are based on Ubuntu Hardy while using Ubuntu Gutsy as the main pimping Os to make it look like hardy... Ubuntu Customization Guide v2
infra_red_dude
Jan 26, 2008 at 10:39 PM
Abe not that guide, i mean your beautiful desktops in the desktop showcase threads :)
Dark Star
Dark Star #50
Feb 5, 2008 at 9:08 AM
*www.imgx.org/pthumbs/large/5012/Media%20Mockup.png

A media Player Mockup .. I guess this is fake :p
nvidia
nvidia #53
Feb 5, 2008 at 10:49 AM
Whoa!! Is that Ubuntu???
When will it be released?
infra_red_dude
Feb 5, 2008 at 9:46 PM
Whoa!! Is that Ubuntu???
When will it be released?
If you want somthing similar (audio player) you can try songbird. It may be buggy since its still not a final release but worth a try :)
infra_red_dude
Feb 6, 2008 at 12:16 AM
EDIT: Look at songbird here and screenshots. The screenshot shown above is modelled on songbird: *www.songbirdnest.com/
gary4gar
gary4gar #56
Feb 6, 2008 at 12:45 AM
the theme is too dark
infra_red_dude
Feb 6, 2008 at 1:15 AM
^^^ Thats the default songbird theme but it can be changed via skins (or feathers as they call it).
nvidia
nvidia #58
Feb 6, 2008 at 11:04 AM
^^I dont want that songbird thing... I'd like to use that transparent thing shown in the first page.. (last pic)
Is it possible in Ubuntu 7.10?
abhinandh
abhinandh #59
Feb 6, 2008 at 11:21 AM
that is the development version of new murrine gtk2 engine.not yet released.
ray|raven
ray|raven #60
Feb 6, 2008 at 11:22 AM
Not yet, it was just a prototype.
Besides, I read on Cimi's blog that, for the engine to work as in the screenshots, applications have to be modified.
So, guess it may take some time before we get to use it everyday.

Regards,
ray