[plug] Gnome Beautification Project

[B15HOP]

People rave on about kde and gnome but I see them all as very average
desktops compared to a customized fvwm desktop.

On 6/2/06, Shannon Carver <shannon.carver at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> The last thing I want here is a KDE vs Gnome war, but just wanted some
> people's opinions on how to get Gnome looking a little nicer.  I've always
> been a KDE user, and use fluxbox on lower spec hardware.  Out of the box,
> it's (KDE) nothing special, but with a bit of a poke and prod, new icons,
> different window decoration and a theme it comes to life and looks like a
> nice modern XP Killer.
>
> Now, my proper journey into full time use of Gnome has begun on my laptop
> (Ubuntu 6.06 w/o KDE).  Some things about it I like, the file manager is
> fantastic, and gnome seems to have a lot more little features tied into the
> UI a bit like MacOSX or something.
>
> Can anyone recommend any themes, websites or customisations to enrich the
> Gnome experience even further?
>
> Now, you probably think I'm a superficial user who spends all his time
> making his GUI look exactly the way he wants it and likens its
> advantages/disadvantages to other superior/inferior OS's and Window
> Managers.  I'm not, but if I'm using a computer full time I like to get the
> most out of the experience.  In the end, I spend the bulk of my time working
> inside a terminal anyway, but I still like to like the look of it.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> Me.
>
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