stunning ubuntu logo panel icon coming to desktop?

By Joey Sneddon, Published April 6, 2010

The screenshot above was sent to me by OMG! reader Dave and shows the new Ubuntu logo finally being used within Ubuntu itself.

The Netbook Edition/Remix has typically been the first to show off some theme changes: during the Karmic cycle the brown-ized Human theme was say in the netbook edition for a good week or so prior to the its bigger desktop counterpart.

It’s pretty slick looking though, dontcha' think?

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Mike
oh wow, that is very nice
Mike
oh wow, that is very nice
http://twitter.com/Nickedynick Nick Stringer
Quite cool. I reckon it’d be nicer if the left over bits of the panel on the left of the logo were transparent though. Sort of creating a rounded end to the panel.
http://www.pcmuze.tumblr.com/ PC_Muze
I used to always use UNR. But I just grew sick of it. I just run full ubuntu on my netbook now just with some UNR packages installed with it for “optimization”.
http://www.pcmuze.tumblr.com/ PC_Muze
I used to always use UNR. But I just grew sick of it. I just run full ubuntu on my netbook now just with some UNR packages installed with it for “optimization”.
Eric
Pretty neat.
Might consider trying it if I get the time.
Eric
Pretty neat.
Might consider trying it if I get the time.
http://www.pcmuze.tumblr.com/ PC_Muze
Now that I’m thinking about it, I wish you could put the left sidebar on the bottom or right side or something. Or maybe like an autohide, and eliminate the center icons.. or something. Just wish it was a little more customizable.

Knef
True. The Netbook Launcher always seems a little off to me, maybe it’s because the panel is not transparent like the rest of the interface, or because the first left bottom is a little lower than the program window… Maybe I have been spoiled by the rest of the system, but if I can’t tweak it properly I can’t bring myself to use it.
Knef
True. The Netbook Launcher always seems a little off to me, maybe it’s because the panel is not transparent like the rest of the interface, or because the first left bottom is a little lower than the program window… Maybe I have been spoiled by the rest of the system, but if I can’t tweak it properly I can’t bring myself to use it.

http://www.pcmuze.tumblr.com/ PC_Muze
Now that I’m thinking about it, I wish you could put the left sidebar on the bottom or right side or something. Or maybe like an autohide, and eliminate the center icons.. or something. Just wish it was a little more customizable.
Hugo Egon Balder
At first I thought the COF isn’t centered but that’s an optical illusion at thus small sizes – a bad one.

Anonymous
I agree. I like the idea of doing something extra to separate the identity of the logo from the rest of the panel icons, but the COF just doesn’t look right when inside a circle like that.
Anonymous
I agree. I like the idea of doing something extra to separate the identity of the logo from the rest of the panel icons, but the COF just doesn’t look right when inside a circle like that.

Anonymous
great idea, but not done properly. it looks really out of place.

http://twitter.com/Sephiroth_VII Sephiroth_VII
It’s not showing for me. I have the latest updates, and since the archive is now frozen for Beta 2, this won’t happen for quite some time.
BTW: d0od, you can test Ubuntu UNE as well by installing the package ubuntu-netbook. Then you just have to select it when you log in. ;)

http://www.1916home.net/ 1916home
it feels out of place on a regular desktop though. And I had problems with all my boxes opening up full screen, etc. it was a pain so i removed it off my desktop.
http://www.1916home.net/ 1916home
it feels out of place on a regular desktop though. And I had problems with all my boxes opening up full screen, etc. it was a pain so i removed it off my desktop.

http://twitter.com/Sephiroth_VII Sephiroth_VII
It’s not showing for me. I have the latest updates, and since the archive is now frozen for Beta 2, this won’t happen for quite some time.
BTW: d0od, you can test Ubuntu UNE as well by installing the package ubuntu-netbook. Then you just have to select it when you log in. ;)

Anonymous
great idea, but not done properly. it looks really out of place.
Paul
It does look out of place… when a window is maximized the red close button would be right next to the similarly colored Ubuntu logo.
IMO it should remain colorless so it wouldn’t be confused with the red close button.

http://ooh-ubuntu.blogspot.com/ sean
when maximised U.B.E uses maximus and windows picker applet so the the title bar is merged with the top panel, so it will only show the go-home applet and the window picker applet which only gives the option to close the window unless you double click the title…
No Confusion with accedently clicking the go-home applet instead of close

Paul
What I meant was, implementing this particular Ubuntu logo on 10.04 desktop version.
The close button is the leftmost of the window controls, and with maximized windows it’ll be positioned right next to the Ubuntu logo. That’s where the confusion might lie.
Paul
What I meant was, implementing this particular Ubuntu logo on 10.04 desktop version.
The close button is the leftmost of the window controls, and with maximized windows it’ll be positioned right next to the Ubuntu logo. That’s where the confusion might lie.
daas88
Right, but if they add the button to the ubuntu desktop edition, then you will have 2 similar icons there. Like this (I made it with gimp): http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7970/pantallazo01.jpg
IMO, it doesn’t look good at all. But it’s not so bad in the netbook edition.
daas88
Right, but if they add the button to the ubuntu desktop edition, then you will have 2 similar icons there. Like this (I made it with gimp): http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/7970/pantallazo01.jpg
IMO, it doesn’t look good at all. But it’s not so bad in the netbook edition.

http://ooh-ubuntu.blogspot.com/ sean
when maximised U.B.E uses maximus and windows picker applet so the the title bar is merged with the top panel, so it will only show the go-home applet and the window picker applet which only gives the option to close the window unless you double click the title…
No Confusion with accedently clicking the go-home applet instead of close

Paul
It does look out of place… when a window is maximized the red close button would be right next to the similarly colored Ubuntu logo.
IMO it should remain colorless so it wouldn’t be confused with the red close button.
Paul
Looks too large for the panel and the colour out of place to me.
http://wakoopa.com/yo2boy yo2boy
What ever happened to [snip]?

http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od
Ssssssssssh!!!! ;)

Anonymous
way to peak my curiosity! :P
Anonymous
way to peak my curiosity! :P

http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od
Ssssssssssh!!!! ;)

Anonymous
Had that a second ago. Updated again and it’s now back to the standard black lucid Ubuntu logo.
Anonymous
Had that a second ago. Updated again and it’s now back to the standard black lucid Ubuntu logo.
Anonymous
Oh also I got a new netbook remix interface with some nice sliding animations when switching between sections. Didn’t occur to me to take a screenshot, and it disappeared with the next update as well.
Anonymous
Oh also I got a new netbook remix interface with some nice sliding animations when switching between sections. Didn’t occur to me to take a screenshot, and it disappeared with the next update as well.
Mohan
I kinda liked the monochorme but it does look cool though.
That guy
Looks awesome.
That guy
Looks awesome.
http://www.1916home.net/ 1916home
Personally, Im not a big fan of it yet. I like the logo matching the other icons on the taskbar. This orange one almost looks like the other netbook app icons up on the top bar and could be confusing.
My biggest gripe with the netbook edition:
- cant change the app icons
- cant rearrange the fave icons order

jaezcurra
Launch the Configuration Editor. Then, apps>netbook-launcher>favorites. You can rearrange the icons.
jaezcurra
Launch the Configuration Editor. Then, apps>netbook-launcher>favorites. You can rearrange the icons.

http://www.1916home.net/ 1916home
Personally, Im not a big fan of it yet. I like the logo matching the other icons on the taskbar. This orange one almost looks like the other netbook app icons up on the top bar and could be confusing.
My biggest gripe with the netbook edition:
- cant change the app icons
- cant rearrange the fave icons order
http://blastfromthepast.se/ Tommy Brunn
I don’t know if this would be the case in the desktop version as well, but I really like having separate entries for Applications, Places, and System. Even if it’s only replacing the current icon, I liked the previous one much, much better. This looks extremely out of place, and doesn’t fit at all with all the other new icons they’ve added (which look fantastic).
Oh well, we’ll see what happens.
http://blastfromthepast.se/ Tommy Brunn
I don’t know if this would be the case in the desktop version as well, but I really like having separate entries for Applications, Places, and System. Even if it’s only replacing the current icon, I liked the previous one much, much better. This looks extremely out of place, and doesn’t fit at all with all the other new icons they’ve added (which look fantastic).
Oh well, we’ll see what happens.

http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od
The desktop version would still have all three menus. The UNE, to save space, uses the Ubuntu logo as a “go home” applet which takes you back to the main screen.
http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od
The desktop version would still have all three menus. The UNE, to save space, uses the Ubuntu logo as a “go home” applet which takes you back to the main screen.

http://blastfromthepast.se/ Tommy Brunn
That’s what I figured. What I was a tiny bit worried about is that they would replace the current Ubuntu icon that’s sitting next to the three menues with this new one, since this new one doesn’t fit in with the rest of the icons at all.
http://blastfromthepast.se/ Tommy Brunn
That’s what I figured. What I was a tiny bit worried about is that they would replace the current Ubuntu icon that’s sitting next to the three menues with this new one, since this new one doesn’t fit in with the rest of the icons at all.

Arkadi
I agree, the monochrome icon is better…
Arkadi
I agree, the monochrome icon is better…

Anonymous
yea,Looks pretty koolz !!
Anonymous
yea,Looks pretty koolz !!
Anonymous
Out of place. Now, the same icon but monochrome would look a bit better, personally I love the current one.
Anonymous
Out of place. Now, the same icon but monochrome would look a bit better, personally I love the current one.
Anonymous
Wow, that looks awesome. I want it on desktop edition !
Anonymous
Wow, that looks awesome. I want it on desktop edition !
Anonymous
its already on my gdm….*insert jaws music here*

http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od
I just rebooted and noticed that myself! *makes shark fin with hand above head*
http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od
I just rebooted and noticed that myself! *makes shark fin with hand above head*

Anonymous
its already on my gdm….*insert jaws music here*
Anonymous
Doesn’t this break the Ubuntu-monochrome icon set??

http://cldx.blogspot.com/ Joern Konopka
How would it break it? Usually the File “distributor-logo.svg” (which is used for the Menu) is a syslink to “start-here.svg”, now you just would have to make it a standalone File and Bingo ^^, all other Logos would remain the same. Of course it might break some other Icons but thats actually an issue of having the Distributor Logo in Places it shouldnt be used in or vice versa (which is not the Users Fault of course).
EDIT: Sorry seems its actually not the distributor-logo.svg anymore they are using, its the start-here.svg now.
Maybe you meant it would break the overall appearance which is right, but thats a matter of taste i guess.

http://anarchj.myopenid.com/ Anarchj
This is what i was looking for!
http://anarchj.myopenid.com/ Anarchj
This is what i was looking for!
Anonymous
That icon is also all through synaptic
Anonymous
That icon is also all through synaptic
Anonymous
That icon is also all through synaptic….
Anonymous
That icon is also all through synaptic….
TheNinthDegree
Dont like that at all … first of all its lopsided like the icons in the installer slideshow were originally, and #2 the color is hideous and doesnt belong at all.
TheNinthDegree
Dont like that at all … first of all its lopsided like the icons in the installer slideshow were originally, and #2 the color is hideous and doesnt belong at all.
Anonymous
The rest of the desktop is all gradient-y with the drab purple/gray/white. It looks out of place.
http://jamesgecko.com/ James
“It’s pretty slick looking though, dontchaâ€™ think?”
No, not really. The new icon clashes with the rest of the desktop.
http://wakoopa.com/xfact XFACT
I can’t see the orange panel icon in Lucid desktop
That guy
Oh yeah, I think that there’s not enough orange, it should be kinda like on the new site that has an orange bar at the top.
Anonymous
I think it looks a bit misplaced. I liked the monochrome icon better actually. :/
http://dylantaylor.wordpress.com/ aliendude5300
It looks better in plain white. I agree that it looks out of place. It needs to fit in with the other icons better.

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