On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 18:33 -0400, Jeffrey D. Yuille wrote: > On Tue, 2005-04-12 at 07:46 -0500, Kyle Pointer wrote: > > I just updated my fedora core 4 test 1 to fedora core 4 test 2 just to > > see if there where any sort of changes I wasn't getting with YUM. > > And I noticed that they have changed the default theme. :-\ > > I love the old Bluecurve theme and think it should stay the same. And I > > think the GNOME LOGO or Red Hat should be optional somehow. Because one > > of the major reasons I have been using redhat products is because how > > nice they look. > > Now don't get me wrong, I think ClearLooks is nice and all, but I still > > think the default theme should be Bluecurve. > > I mean, its simple enough to change it, but when I was a new user and > > had no idea how to change themes etc. I had always been very fond of > > bluecurve. > > -- Kyle Pointer > > > > I agree wholeheartedly - why not keep the old BlueCurve as the > default theme? I also believe that the RedHat logo should be optional. > After all, that's what makes Fedora what it is - it's distinguishable > red hat (Fedora). I actually prefer ClearLook to BlueCurve, but each to their own. I believe (but could be wrong) that the move to ClearLook is part of the philosophy of trying to follow upstream trends as much as possible for various packages. With ClearLook set to become the default theme for Gnome it would appear that FC is following this upstream trend and using is as the default them for FC4. R.