arctic Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Good bye, Galaxy, welcome La Ora. Here is a blog with screenshots: http://www.linux-wizard.net/index.php?id_blog=82 Nice, isn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Oh thank god! it's not the best theme ever, but at least it's not the horror story what was Galaxy. I swear Galaxy was responsible for several homicides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coverup Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Good bye, Galaxy, welcome La Ora. Here is a blog with screenshots: http://www.linux-wizard.net/index.php?id_blog=82 Nice, isn't it? I thought they have some bigger problems to fix than changing colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyme Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 they changed most of the theme...specifically, the window border and scroll bar are completely different. and i believe they are using a different gtk engine for all of the controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagwah Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 (edited) Nice, isn't it? umm ..., well ..., :unsure: no That looks positively hideous to my eyes :sad: Is Galaxy still going to be able to be selected? (I'm pretty sure I use Galaxy (default?), not on my machine at present and don't really know them by name, but what ever it is, it's the only one I could bare to look at) Being forced to look at something like that all the time could quite possibly bring on a Windows relapse. Edited August 18, 2006 by jagwah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Looks better than galaxy, but similar to galaxy :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dexter11 Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Some more screenies: http://flickr.com/photos/mandriva/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver_Fluffi Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Looks better than galaxy, but similar to galaxy :P Very similar to clearlooks IMHO, i'm sure i have seen a similar metacity theme somewhere as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Some more screenies: http://flickr.com/photos/mandriva/ Looks like KDE still has galaxy though. Hopefully artwork will be finished and updated for the final release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reiver_Fluffi Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Some more screenies: http://flickr.com/photos/mandriva/ This guy highlights transparent menu's in KDE as a feature? IIRC correctly they have been available since 2005LE, and it's a KDE selling point, not a Mandriva SP. If you are going to showcase a new product/beta it's better to focus on innovation and updates, not features that have been implemented by a third party a long time ago, and by and large haven't changed much. Looks like KDE still has galaxy though. Hopefully artwork will be finished and updated for the final release. Aye, the main point of galaxy was to have a near unified desktop between KDE and GNOME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 (edited) Some more screenies: http://flickr.com/photos/mandriva/ This guy highlights transparent menu's in KDE as a feature? IIRC correctly they have been available since 2005LE, and it's a KDE selling point, not a Mandriva SP. If you are going to showcase a new product/beta it's better to focus on innovation and updates, not features that have been implemented by a third party a long time ago, and by and large haven't changed much. Couldn't agree more.... Looks like KDE still has galaxy though. Hopefully artwork will be finished and updated for the final release. Aye, the main point of galaxy was to have a near unified desktop between KDE and GNOME! This is the IMHO stupidest thing ever.... KDE and Gnome are both fine WM's.... but they work differently, have different philosophies etc. The great thing about Linux is making it work the way YOU want... Like on my lappy ... I run KDE sometimes and ICEWM others .... If I'm running ICEWM, its for a reason.. resources. I don't want the same menu's, I don't want the same theme.... I know you can change theme, restore menu's and stuff... but its not giving people the Gnome or KDE experience if you try and make them look n feel identical. edits.. fixed quotes Edited August 18, 2006 by Gowator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Was thinking the same, but then you'd laugh seeing my gnome desktop. There were two panels by default, the top being the main menu, clock, etc, the bottom being the show desktop and where all the running windows appear. I merged both panels, deleted the bottom one, and then put the top panel at the bottom, so it looked exactly like the KDE panel :P But yeah, I do have different themes to make it look cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoulSe Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Better... still not great. Bah - who uses the default theme anyway? :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gowator Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Better... still not great. Bah - who uses the default theme anyway? :P Its something I use when Im trying a different WM/DM.... Its your first impression and hence makes a mental connection as to what that DM/WM is like.... Given the numbers of DM/WM available... I tend to install, have a play and try another ... because I hope the developers have stuck in a default theme that shows off the aspects they think are important. When a disto overrides this you get a different impression.... of course deciding on a WM/DM from first impressions is stupid but I do it anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neddie Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 Can't see much on those screenshots to get excited about - especially the KDE ones. In fact I think even if I was still on Mdk10.1 I still wouldn't see much new in these 2007 screenshots. Hopefully there's some nifty stuff under the covers to look forward to :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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