Re: UI Changes?

[Andrea Bernabei]

On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:07 PM, agents4je...@gmail.com <
agents4je...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I ran
> sudo apt-get install unity8 -y
>
> It finished, but I can't seem to find a way to run it or make it default.
>
>
I think the best way to try Unity8 at the moment is to:
- setup Xenial 16.04
- install unity8-desktop-session-mir

and then ask on IRC if you still can't get it to boot

Hope that helps,
Andrea

Help!
>
>
> On 02/23/2016 03:31 AM, Andrea Bernabei wrote:
>
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:50 PM, 
> agents4je...@gmail.com  wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> One thing that I have noticed over the years is that Ubuntu's UI really
>> hasn't changed all that much.
>>
>> The thing that bugs me the most is the grey "bump" at the top of any
>> window. (for example: firefox).
>>
>> If the UI could change to a more "flat" look (even if the grey *color*
>> stayed the same), it would give Ubuntu more of a visual appeal.
>>
>>
> You might want to give Unity8 a try :)
>
>
>> Also, the top bar that says "Ubuntu Desktop": I've tweaked it using unity
>> tweak tool to make it transparent (with blur). It makes the OS look a lot
>> more polished...except the menus are grey.
>>
>> If the whole UI could be tweaked just a little bit ("flattened" in some
>> places, transparent in others), that would be really awesome.
>>
>> I believe that the UI is due for a change anyway. It's been what? Three
>> years?
>>
>> I'm not sure how hard this would be, I'm an Android developer, not a
>> Linux developer, but I think if the default theme was tweaked, it wouldn't
>> be all that hard...
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Tony
>>
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Re: UI Changes?

[agents4je...@gmail.com]

I ran
sudo apt-get install unity8 -y

It finished, but I can't seem to find a way to run it or make it default.

Help!

On 02/23/2016 03:31 AM, Andrea Bernabei wrote:



On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:50 PM, agents4je...@gmail.com 
 > wrote:


Hi everyone,

One thing that I have noticed over the years is that Ubuntu's UI
really hasn't changed all that much.

The thing that bugs me the most is the grey "bump" at the top of
any window. (for example: firefox).

If the UI could change to a more "flat" look (even if the grey
/color/ stayed the same), it would give Ubuntu more of a visual
appeal.


You might want to give Unity8 a try :)

Also, the top bar that says "Ubuntu Desktop": I've tweaked it
using unity tweak tool to make it transparent (with blur). It
makes the OS look a lot more polished...except the menus are grey.

If the whole UI could be tweaked just a little bit ("flattened" in
some places, transparent in others), that would be really awesome.

I believe that the UI is due for a change anyway. It's been what?
Three years?

I'm not sure how hard this would be, I'm an Android developer, not
a Linux developer, but I think if the default theme was tweaked,
it wouldn't be all that hard...

Thanks,
Tony

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Re: UI Changes?

[Andrea Bernabei]

On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:50 PM, agents4je...@gmail.com <
agents4je...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> One thing that I have noticed over the years is that Ubuntu's UI really
> hasn't changed all that much.
>
> The thing that bugs me the most is the grey "bump" at the top of any
> window. (for example: firefox).
>
> If the UI could change to a more "flat" look (even if the grey *color*
> stayed the same), it would give Ubuntu more of a visual appeal.
>
>
You might want to give Unity8 a try :)


> Also, the top bar that says "Ubuntu Desktop": I've tweaked it using unity
> tweak tool to make it transparent (with blur). It makes the OS look a lot
> more polished...except the menus are grey.
>
> If the whole UI could be tweaked just a little bit ("flattened" in some
> places, transparent in others), that would be really awesome.
>
> I believe that the UI is due for a change anyway. It's been what? Three
> years?
>
> I'm not sure how hard this would be, I'm an Android developer, not a Linux
> developer, but I think if the default theme was tweaked, it wouldn't be all
> that hard...
>
> Thanks,
> Tony
>
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Re: UI Changes?

[Ryein Goddard]

I recommend installing
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme-shine numix-icon-theme-circle

Then just use Unity Tweak to change the appearance.

It would be nice if the look was more varied, but I think they went with 
the OSX approach in that it has a light and darkish theme.



On 02/22/2016 03:50 PM, agents4je...@gmail.com wrote:

Hi everyone,

One thing that I have noticed over the years is that Ubuntu's UI 
really hasn't changed all that much.


The thing that bugs me the most is the grey "bump" at the top of any 
window. (for example: firefox).


If the UI could change to a more "flat" look (even if the grey /color/ 
stayed the same), it would give Ubuntu more of a visual appeal.


Also, the top bar that says "Ubuntu Desktop": I've tweaked it using 
unity tweak tool to make it transparent (with blur). It makes the OS 
look a lot more polished...except the menus are grey.


If the whole UI could be tweaked just a little bit ("flattened" in 
some places, transparent in others), that would be really awesome.


I believe that the UI is due for a change anyway. It's been what? 
Three years?


I'm not sure how hard this would be, I'm an Android developer, not a 
Linux developer, but I think if the default theme was tweaked, it 
wouldn't be all that hard...


Thanks,
Tony




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