New Theme, Icons, Log Out Screen Chosen For Karmic Koala, New Login Window Due Soon!

By , Published September 24, 2009

Today saw the final artwork drop for the Karmic Koala – and what an update it’s been!

What's new? Take a look below!

Updated Human-theme

The default theme for Ubuntu has changed! Finally!

Gone are the orange titlebars and scroll bars, and a sleek brown is in their place. A theme somewhat echoing that of Ubuntu 5.10 Breezy Badger!

ubuntu-desktop-2-504-20080706 For anyone noticing any issues or discrepancies with the newly polished design €“ bear in mind the artwork team rushed it out of the door so it could make today’s Artwork deadline. I hear it's by no means the final product so expect some more refinements!

New Wallpapers

Although the default wallpaper for Karmic Koala is yet to drop (based on past releases, it'll appear in the RC), today’s ArtworkDrop did bring some much needed wallpaper-based eyecandy in the form of a (very Windows 7 like) 'wallpaper pack' called 'Cosmos'.

'Cosmo’s' is a set of 8 or so photos from the Hubble telescope that automatically change every 15minutes.

You'll also notice that on all 'Appearance' windows there is now a hyperlink to €œget more online€. This link takes you to the official Gnome artwork site which, sadly, is home to some of the most artistically challenged artwork available online! Eek!

New Default Icon Set

Today's other big news was the fact that Ubuntu has a shiny new default icon theme!

'Humanity' is a updated, modern refresh of the previous default 'Human' Icon theme. It keeps the warm orange tones, but adds some gloss and style to the proceedings and shakes off some of its processors  'cartoonish' quality.

 

[Humanity Folder Icons]

New shutdown artwork

Say hello to the final thing you see when shutting down or rebooting – It's the minimalistic new logout screen! A gorgeously understated design that simply fades away after a few seconds. 

[Screenshot thanks to Nickedynick @ UbuntuForums.]

Put It All Together€¦

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Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk

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  • martini1179

    I think I liked the orange better. MUCH better.

    The default theme and icon set is important because casual, potential Ubuntu (and therefore potential Linux) users will judge the OS (and Linux) by how it looks. And honestly, compared to Windows 7 and OS X, default Ubuntu looks like shit.

    And for that matter, why the hell isn’t Gnome-Do installed/enabled by default?

    At least we’ll have nicer icons.

    • http://www.linuxkicksass.com/ Nick

      Gnone Do is so full of WIN.

  • http://www.turtleblog.co.uk/ Edd Turtle

    Wowooo They look slick! I hope to see more changes in this direction

  • http://encephalosponge.com/ Jonathan Blackhall

    I know this is off topic, but why does the Karmic Impression theme have to have that thick bar across the bottom of the window border? It’s so out of place and the rest of the theme is very nice…

    • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

      i really like that bar….

  • http://pensieriacoriandoli.blogspot.com/ Giorg

    Is the new default wallpaper there also?

    • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

      So far, no. going by tradition/past release, it’ll likely only pop up in the RC.

  • http://www.FreezingMoon.org/ Dread Knight

    I think that theme is a joke.
    People bitch about not liking the default theme, saying it’s fugly brown, which in fact is actually orange… so Cannonical makes an actually shitty brown theme….. nice….

    • martini1179

      I hope you’re right, and it does make logical sense for Canonical to keep the theme under wraps until the final release.

      Plus, why would they go through the trouble to develop such a simple, unattractive window theme when you can get those for free over at Gnome-look?

  • Mohan

    Love new default icon set…”macish”! I also like the backgrounds that change, reminds me of Windows 7 (which is a good thing ;) )edit 1: After seeing the shutdown artwork, I think that looks really professional.edit 2: Looks like my network manager isn’t working, it says it is when I try to start it but I can’t log on to any network. :’(edit 3: damn last week it was X now it’s network manager, I really got to stop running updates on my system at work/school. Suspend still don’t work (but did in Alpha 4 and Alpha 5).

    • http://twitter.com/benoror Benji Orozco

      I think thos “macish” icons in the panel yo refeerr are not in Humanity set, I think the author mistake the screenshot. Can you provide the real iconset name ?

      • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

        The panel icons in the final screenshot ARE Humanity :)

  • http://twitter.com/Nickedynick Nick Stringer

    Also, there are new pieces in place now for a “HumanLogin” theme – presumably something to do with the new GDM!

  • Anonymous

    Orange > Brown from what I see. Hope it does look good in reality, because I’ve been happily using default themes for quite a while now.

  • Mel

    Nice! I like the log out effect and Humanity is just awesome it’s been my default icon set for a while.

  • http://pensieriacoriandoli.blogspot.com/ Giorg

    Is the default font changed? The first time I applied the new Human I was prompted with a “This theme … another font” something, but I simply ignored that and now I’m not prompted anymore.

  • http://seifsallam.co.cc/ Seif Sallam

    thats so ugly, orange was is much better, although i think ubuntu should use Shiki-Color + Humanity Icons that will be much better

  • Anonymous

    yes.. but yesterday i’ve got problem with my broadcom, still confusing… but whatsover..

    i enjoy Ubuntu more…

  • http://pensieriacoriandoli.blogspot.com/ Giorg

    Sholud the logout screen be active now? If so, it doesn’t work here.

    • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

      It works sometimes for me, sometimes not. It’ll be working for all (well should be!) by the final release so it’s only a few weeks away at the most.

  • Name

    gonna have to agree @martini. brown is the color of shit. I hope this is a joke the art devs are playing on everybody complaining about the orange. Icons are awesome though

  • Mohan

    I like the newer version of the Human theme, it kinda grew on me after using it for an hour.

  • Goddamn

    They put the “Shiki” theme (Linux Mint huh?) in the repositories! And, the icons in the menu bar means Mac icons on the Snow Leopard… yeah, i like it!

  • Ben

    I’d love to see Gnome using GHNS (Get Hot New Stuff) instead of just linking to their site. There’s Epidermis, but the selection is poor, it’s unrealiable, and the UI is horrible.

  • http://yawar.blogspot.com/ Yawar Amin

    Hi, did that font come with the install, or did you put that in? I’m a typography freak :-)

    • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

      Haha i’m marginally obsessed with fonts myself!

      The font in my screenshots is called ‘Droid Sans’ and is made by google. You can install it it Ubuntu out of the box from synaptic or the terminal: -

      sudo apt-get install droid-ttf (might be ttf-droid..)

  • https://kamron-1.pip.verisignlabs.com/ kamron_1

    I hope I’m not the only one, but I like the icon set for Jaunty better

  • Mel

    I’m not a fan of any of the themes included in Karmic, but Impression is the best looking and most usable of the bunch. I think it should replace Human as the default theme. I would change the metacity buttons to something more complete instead of those empty buttons.

    About New Wave: Why is that theme even included? It’s so stupid that when you open FF the toolbar fonts are black rendering them almost unreadable. Shiki Colors has a dark toolbar that with white fonts (so you can read them), out of the box. The design team failed there.

  • Mike

    What’s the background you’re using in this picture: http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5778/screenshotcopyk.png ?

  • Mike

    Also, what font are you using in that picture?

    • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

      Droid Sans

  • Mike

    Thank you :)

  • http://yawar.blogspot.com/ Yawar Amin

    Hi, thanks for that! I’ve downloaded and tried out the Droid font family. Good choice for a Linux desktop GUI. Strangely, my previous comment and your reply seem to have disappeared … maybe some bug in Disqus (which otherwise works pretty well for me).

  • Mike

    I downloaded the Humanity theme but my panel icons do not look like the ones in this picture: http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/5778/screenshotcopyk.png

    Why is this?

 
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