[plug] Gnome Beautification Project

[Shannon Carver]

Hehe, I saw that subject and thought "How Uncanny!", that someone would use
the same title again so soon.. 

I managed to get it looking pretty nice in the end, I've been using it so
much recently I'm actually starting to debate which of the two (KDE/Gnome) I
actually prefer.

All's good, thanks for the reply at least!

Shannon

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf
> Of B15HOP
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 June 2006 3:59 PM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] Gnome Beautification Project
> 
> 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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