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Ubuntu Lucid to get Aero Style due to enhanced GTK+

December 12th, 2009 Adam No comments

Ubuntu’s Ayatana team is creating a new enhanced GTK+ to enable RGBA support. This would allow themes much like Window’s Aero Glass to be created. Furthermore, if testing goes well, this theme could be the default theme for Ubuntu installations. While some may not want Linux to be a Windows clone, many users have become accustom to the eye candy the Aero Glass style presents and Ubuntu’s current brown and orange theme is not the most appealing. Ubuntu’s goal is to chip away at Microsoft’s marketshare and making the default look better is one way to accomplish that goal. Here is a preview of what the theme could look like:

Lucid Aero Preview

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