From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <84315c5350862c9cde01bc62af914c57@9srv.net> References: <84315c5350862c9cde01bc62af914c57@9srv.net> Date: Sat, 20 Apr 2013 21:50:35 -0600 Message-ID: From: andrey mirtchovski To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Subject: Re: [9fans] Newbie - wassup everyone? Topicbox-Message-UUID: 453f58b0-ead8-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 a vote for the status quo. keep in mind, the pastel color palette and lack of unsubtle gradient have been chosen in rio/acme/sam/etc to keep the programmer's eyes comfortable throughout the day. i subconsciously change all other backgrounds and colours on my non-plan9 desktop and terminals to mimic the plan9 ones because i find that it's the only way i can spend a day in front of the computer and still enjoy life. on the topic of bells and whistles: recently in my latest attempt to "make linux work", i had to switch from unity to xfce and from xfce to rio because i found the linux world to have moved (yet again) closer to windows than closer to macs in terms of distractions. sure, i can't use a few programs such as Synergy (which appears to desperately need a tray to attach itself to), but on the other hand i don't have to kill "pulseaudio" every time i want to listen to music. that's so 2003 it's not even funny :( if you want an advice from the old farts on this mailing list i bet it would be 'keep distractions to a minimum'. distracting colours too. cheers! ps: pastel color schemes are available now elsewhere, thankfully, and the light "solarized" guicolor theme for vim does wonders to make it palatable, but quite a few of those make text a pale grey. why?