[ubuntu-art] Fonts

[Can K.]

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> I don't post much, but I have been reading for the last several months.
> My computer can barely just run all the new visual effects and such
> that were added to Gutsy, and all this talk of adding processor
> intensive window managers worries me. How will I be able to install
> the newest version if I cant even run the live CD? Last time I needed
> it Ubuntu didn't have a text install mode. Most people new to linux
> are not going to install it on a brand new computer, they are going to
> pull out the old computer from the closet.
> Should we spend more install disk space on different looks, or on
> drivers so that you ensure that it runs without a hitch, and reassures
> people that the OS works well?
> I like the Orange, and the comic book look. It yells, "This is Ubuntu!
> We are different! We are original! We are Human!" If some one wants to
> change it; they can, very easily. I say keep the orange, brown, and
> tan. There is no real need to change it. Changing it to black just
> makes it look like Generic OS version 10.0. Are we Generic OS, or are
> we Ubuntu? Are we Human?


Of course we're Human, of course we're Ubuntu. Besides, it would be a
marketing disaster if Ubuntu abolishes its whole design that the community
is used to. Every product, every company, and every distribution as well has
its own corporate identity. And I'm sure that none of us wants to copy
another OS. But if we think about a redesign, a refreshment of the user
interface, which is as important as improving all the other features of an
OS, we can't just say "Hey let's keep our design, don't let us improve
anything at all. We're Ubuntu, hooray!". That's unproductive, uninnovative
and unprogressive. Are these attributes that Ubuntu is attached to? I don't
think so.
I understand your concern that Ubuntu might not run on older machine in near
future. But therefore, there's an extra derivate called Xubuntu, which also
has the comic book look that you like so much and which is especially
designed for older machines. And if you like the orange/brown color theme,
you can even change this in Xubuntu; it's very easy, just as you say!
Finally I think there are more reason that speak in favor of an interface
improvement than against it. It's time for Ubuntu to make the race on the
desktop OS market. Therefore, we have to be competitive with Vista and OS X!
There's almost no discussion about this from my point of view. The only
question is, how we are going to achieve a design improvement. And that is
the actual discussion, so I'd appreaciate it if we don't talk that much
about the "why's", but all the more about the "how's".
My position is that we should have multiple, completely new designs that
come by default. Maybe one black design, one bright design, one for elderly
people that has big and well readable fonts and high contrasts, and so on.
The advantage of a free OS is that we don't have to focus on a single
design; we can give the user multiple designs, from which he can chose the
one he likes most. If you ask me, there can even be the current Human theme
among the designs for people like you, that are used to it. But not as
default please!
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