[ Thanks to Linux User &
Developer magazine for this link. ]
“I was privileged to be invited to the Canonical offices in
London recently to preview the image changes and comment on how we
might adopt them; offer opinions on how I feel the community would
interpret the changes, and offer feedback. I expected this to be an
art and design type meeting, meaning I did have some concerns about
how useful I would be since I can’t even attempt a bluff at being
artistic. However, it did turn out to be useful, with lots of
fruitful discussions.“For the last 6 years, Ubuntu has traditionally had a theme of
brown and earthy colours; which I feel many have come to accept,
and perhaps even like. Over the years we have witnessed the colour
being toned down and having less significance in the desktop.
Following some 8 months of work the colour has been dropped from
the distribution design, so it was quite a risky move. The design
has attempted to focus and convey Precision, Reliability
Collaboration and Freedom. It will undoubtedly take time for the
changes to cascade into all usages.”