Comments on: Pretty is a feature, but ugly is subjective

By: Ubuntu 10.10 default wallpaper is here! « Motho ke motho ka botho

Ubuntu 10.10 default wallpaper is here! « Motho ke motho ka botho — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 02:11:11 +0000

[...] going to say it again, because no matter how many times I repeat myself, there’s this pitiful whining revolt that takes place, like clockwork, every six [...]

By: Bloat is in the eye of the beholder « Motho ke motho ka botho

Bloat is in the eye of the beholder « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 12:30:08 +0000

[...] much in the same vein of default desktops, bloat is what you decide it is. If more than 186Mb of disk drive space is an acceptable sacrifice [...]

By: Andy C.

Andy C. — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 08:42:45 +0000

…how did you get from brown to CIA?

By: There are no ugly GUIs « Motho ke motho ka botho

There are no ugly GUIs « Motho ke motho ka botho — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:49:31 +0000

[...] before some wag shouts it out, yes, I know, pretty is a feature. And there is nothing to be inferred in my preference for a text interface. Your way is the right [...]

By: Five distros for “fast” machines « Motho ke motho ka botho

Five distros for “fast” machines « Motho ke motho ka botho — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 02:11:42 +0000

[...] Personally, I have no problem with that. In fact, I have a history of clumping together my own Windows-ish setups, and turning them loose on the world. And it’s not such a dead ringer that anyone would feel somehow violated for using this over the default pink-orange-black arrangement that comes with Gnome Ubuntu. One day the forums will learn to get past the superficial points of what your default desktop looks like. [...]

By: Its beauty is in its potential « Motho ke motho ka botho

Its beauty is in its potential « Motho ke motho ka botho — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:50:00 +0000

[...] is bizarre, and the wallpaper is amateur at best — but I say that as a founding member of the Your Default Desktop Doesn’t Matter Club. Three clicks and it’s [...]

By: The style is light, the software is … « Motho ke motho ka botho

The style is light, the software is … « Motho ke motho ka botho — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 12:06:24 +0000

[...] And the desktop is interesting, even if we seem to be transitioning between orange and brown and purple (my primary school art teacher is having a heart attack right now). We all know the default desktop is a completely pointless exercise anyway. [...]

By: DSL revisited « Motho ke motho ka botho

DSL revisited « Motho ke motho ka botho — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:31:30 +0000

[...] okay. I apologize. I know full well that those are superficial points. I should be more enthusiastic that DSL starts up and runs fine. I have met distributions that [...]

By: Gnome, Enlightenment and Ubuntu « Motho ke motho ka botho

Gnome, Enlightenment and Ubuntu « Motho ke motho ka botho — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 00:04:51 +0000

[...] All of these things would probably be solved with a screen of lower resolution, or perhaps after adjusting them somewhat. And I know, and preach, that aesthetics are a myth that has very little bearing on function, since there will always be some…. [...]

By: What you really want « Motho ke motho ka botho

What you really want « Motho ke motho ka botho — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:57:47 +0000

[...] the wallpaper in 8.10 is smashing. But it’s all aesthetics, people. Nobody’s right, and someone will always hate it. [...]