Bluecurve is a desktop theme for GNOME and KDE created by the Red Hat Artwork project. The main aim of Bluecurve was to create a unified look throughout the Linux environment. It has been used in Red Hat Linux since version 8.0, and Fedora Core. In computing, a theme is a preset package containing graphical appearance details, used to customise the look and feel of (typically) an operating system, widget set or window manager. ... GNOME (for GNU Network Object Model Environment) is the name of a project to create a open source/free software computer desktop environment for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. ... KDE (K Desktop Environment) is a free desktop environment and development platform built with Trolltechs Qt toolkit. ... Alternate meanings: See Red hat Red Hat, Inc. ... Tux, a cartoon penguin frequently featured sitting, is the official Linux mascot. ... Red Hat Linux is a Linux distribution, which was one of the most popular. ... Fedora Core is an RPM-based Linux distribution, developed by the community-supported Fedora Project, sponsored by Red Hat. ...

There has been controversy surrounding the theme, especially the alterations to KDE, which were sufficiently severe as to cause developer Bernhard Rosenkraenzer to quit the company. [1] Others simply criticize it for giving the same look to both desktops, even though they are obviously different in many ways. Bernhard Rosenkraenzer (or Bero to the internet community) is a German free software developer, currently developing Ark Linux. ...

The Bluecurve windowing theme was succeeded in Fedora Core 4 by Clearlooks, although the icons remain.

Enterprising GUI artists have created themes that emulate Bluecurve on other operating systems, including Windows. Users can download one such theme at DeviantART. Users can also replace their default Windows icons with icons that emulate Bluecurve, using the IconPackager application. One such set can be downloaded at WinCustomize. Gui is a French form of the male name Guy. ... Windows may refer to: the architectural feature (for seeing out of buildings); see window a concept in computer graphical user interfaces; see window (computing) the computer operating system, Microsoft Windows the 1981 movie, Windows This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share... IconPackager changes all icons at once IconPackager is a computer program by Stardock that allows the changing of icons for the Microsoft Windows 98/ME/2000/XP/2003 graphical user interface. ...

External links

• Red Hat Artwork
• Waikato Linux Users Group wiki article
• Bluecurve theme for Windows XP
• Bluecurve icon pack for IconPackager (Windows)