Question about default look in DE's

fbsduser · #1 (**permalink**) 27-May-2009, 21:59

Hi. I would like to know. Is there any special reason why all the DE's in OpenSUSE come preconfigurated to look like windows, instead of coming with vanilla (as they come out of the sources) appearance setup?

caf4926 · #2 (**permalink**) 27-May-2009, 23:03

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come pre-configured to look like windows

I don't see this at all. But then opinions are always difficult subjects to address. What one person can see the other doesn't.

Now this does kind of look windowsy:

ram88 · #3 (**permalink**) 28-May-2009, 01:52

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Originally Posted by fbsduser

Hi. I would like to know. Is there any special reason why all the DE's in OpenSUSE come preconfigurated to look like windows, instead of coming with vanilla (as they come out of the sources) appearance setup?

Because they found out that sometimes the green geeko style looks better then the default. Isn't it? Anyway you can go back do the default - search for the package in YaST and if there is available a package called <packagename>-branding-upstream then install that one.
Good luck.

@caf4926
Hahahaha

TaraIkeda · #4 (**permalink**) 28-May-2009, 12:23

Familiarity is probably a reason why OpenSuse has a windows like appearence, but other distros are not so generic.
Ubuntu initially looks like the same Gnome that Fedora uses, but the two are completely different under the surface.
Mandriva and Kubuntu is another example, both use KDE4 but use entirely different set ups.
I have used many distros in my time, each one with its own personality.

eagles500 · #5 (**permalink**) 01-Jun-2009, 19:03

for new users it makes more sense to first present them with something familiar to start with so they can get to work right away the more experienced users will just reconfigure it to what they want anyways. that the first thing i do when i install a new distro is copy all of my configs to the home directory and get my personal configs back.

ram88 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-Jun-2009, 00:46

Here is a poll about this question:
How many people keep the default openSUSE look? - openSUSE Forums.

GofBorg · #7 (**permalink**) 02-Jun-2009, 10:15

> Hi. I would like to know. Is there any special reason why all the DE's
> in OpenSUSE come preconfigurated to look like windows, instead of coming
> with vanilla (as they come out of the sources) appearance setup?

Thank goodness. SuSE has some style.
Most of the 'defaults' in other distros are horrid.

dragonbite · #8 (**permalink**) 02-Jun-2009, 13:29

At first, it was a turn-off for me. Now I kinda like it and openSUSE has been the prettiest distro for some time now.

Of course, that can all change very easily with themes.

brunomcl · #9 (**permalink**) 02-Jun-2009, 19:38

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Originally Posted by caf4926

I don't see this at all. But then opinions are always difficult subjects to address. What one person can see the other doesn't.

Now this does kind of look windowsy:

Very nice wallpaper. Know where I can get it (high res., that is)?

TIA