Open Warrior

The first time I started Ubuntu I was shocked to see that the artwork team had chosen such a terrible colour scheme…i mean come on, how could brown ever be appealing?

Then a week ago I needed to use GParted to sort out a hard drive issue I was having and couldn’t find my Kubuntu live cds or my GParted live cd. So, I pulled out one of the Ubuntu Feisty cds sent to me via shipit so that I could use the GParted included on the live CD.

I booted into Ubuntu Feisty and was amazed at how much more beautiful the brown “Human” theme looked compared to when I first saw it in Ubuntu Hoary Hedgehog. So for the last week the Ubuntu Human theme has been on my mind – there’s something subtle in the brown that gets to me, I just can’t place my finger on it.

Anyway, if you’re like me and absolutely love KDE, but are also spellbound by the Ubuntu Human theme then here’s how to get the Ubuntu theme in KDE.

The first step is to download the KDE Human colour scheme created by Mihai Şucan available at http://www.robodesign.ro/files/linux/kde-ubuntu-human.kcsrc.

Once the download has completed open KControl. Go to “Appearance & Themes” -> “Colors,” click “Import Scheme,” find the downloaded file, and click “Open.” That’s it, click Apply and enjoy the Human colours.

Here’s a screenshot of the Human theme on KDE 3.5.7

And here’s a screenshot of the Kalahari2 wallpaper I’m using by robertn

Here’s the link to the wallpaper.