I held off mentioning last nights arrival of new (albeit WIP) icons in Ubuntu 10.04 because I know how much ‘minor‘ posts about visual changes irritate (some of) you.
Typical that I wake up to an inbox full of you asking why I haven’t mentioned the new icons yet!
Consider that remedied.
It’s worth my mentioning that the new icons are very much works in progress. Not all of them are finished, not all of them are finalised, and not all of the ones planned are present.
However, from the icons which have made it in early they look what someone from the 1980s would described as “the biz”. They’re also fully in keeping with Ubuntu’s rebranding and visual vision (“Ubuntu Light”) than the ones they replace.
So far, the new icons cover the following areas, so if you’re testing Ubuntu 10.04, here’s where to look to spot them in action:
- New MessagingMenu icons for Chat, Mail and Microblogging
- Some updated weather panel icons
- Improved Wifi icon with cool pulsating animation effect
- New restart icon
- New user status icons
- New tomboy icons
And probably a bunch more I have yet to notice…
Anyone currently testing Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx will find these icons available in the latest icon theme updates, which can be installed via the Update Manager or APT.
If you’re using an earlier version of Ubuntu but want to use these icons, you can download a DEB installer for them from the packages.ubuntu.com/lucid/main/ubuntu-mono – keep in mind that compatibility is not a given, but you should be good.