The Linux Extremist: Down with Brown–Changing Login / Splash Screen on Ubuntu Dapper Drake

“Let’s be honest. Ubuntu is a beautiful operating system, but
whoever decided that brown was going to be its signature colour
wasn’t playing with a full deck. Brown hasn’t been in vogue since
the 1970’s, when apparently everyone’s senses were taken over by
space aliens from the Planet Tacky.

“Fortunately, there are a number of ways to change it; first and
foremost is getting rid of that awful background image, which could
be entitled ‘Vat of Swirling Chocolate in Slough.’ Download your
image, put it somewhere safe (I generally keep a folder called
wallpaper in my Home directory), right click anywhere on the
desktop, browse to your image of choice, and voilà, that’s
gone…”

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