A few days ago I bitched and moaned about Karmic coming with notification tray icons that make my computer look like a 1995 cell phone. (Notification Tray Rant)
Shortly after I posted that, I found a fix. You know, fix is kind of a funny word. It can mean a whole swarm of things besides just "repairing something that was broken." It can be a bad situation ("I'm in a real fix now"), cheating ("That race was fixed"), revenge ("She fixed him good"), a drug dose ("Just one fix, pleeeeeeaze"), or even a reference to castration ("Chip's been fixed, poor dog").
In this case, I think almost all of those definitions apply. I fixed it.
I found the steps below on some guys blog. I have no idea what the search terms ended up being that yielded this page, but I know it was a bit circuitous. I'd love to give the guy credit, but I can't find the page again.
Anyhow, here are the steps. This is basically just installing different desktop themes.
gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 --recv-key 881574DE && gpg -a --export 881574DE | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install zgegblog-themes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install zgegblog-themes
Once them themes are in place, open up your Appearances dialog (System ⇒ Preferences ⇒ Appearances) and choose one.
This works both with and without Compiz Fusion.
Huzzah! Take THAT Karmic!
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