Editing Bluecurve

{{Short description|Desktop theme for GNOME and KDE}}
[[File:Fedora7bluecurve.png|thumb|Bluecurve in use with [[Fedora (operating system)|Fedora 7]]]]
'''Bluecurve''' is a [[Theme (computing)|desktop theme]] for [[GNOME]] and [[KDE]] created by the [[Red Hat]] Artwork project. The main aim of Bluecurve was to create a consistent look throughout the [[Linux]] environment, and provide support for various Freedesktop.org desktop standards. It was used in [[Red Hat Linux]] in version 8 and 9, and in its successor OS, [[Fedora Linux]] through version 4.

[[File:Fedora-yarrow-bluecurve.png|thumb|right|alt=Bluecurve in use with Fedora Core 1 (Yarrow) on the GNOME 2.4 Desktop|Bluecurve in use with Fedora Core 1 (Yarrow) on the GNOME 2.4 Desktop]]
The Bluecurve [[window (computing)|window]] borders and [[GTK]] theme were replaced by those from [[Clearlooks]] (the former in Fedora Core 4, and the latter in Fedora Core 5). The Bluecurve [[icon (computing)|icon]] set remained installed in Fedora 7, but was replaced as the default by [http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork/EchoIconTheme Echo].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork|title=Artwork|work=Fedora Wiki|publisher=[[Fedora Project]]|access-date=2006-10-21|date=2006-10-06}}</ref>

There had been controversy surrounding the theme, especially the alterations to KDE, which were sufficient to cause developer [[Bernhard Rosenkränzer|Bernhard Rosenkraenzer]] to quit [[Red Hat]], "mostly in mutual agreement&nbsp;— I don't want to work on crippling KDE, and they don't want an employee who admits RHL 8.0's KDE is [[crippleware]]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lists.kde.org/?l=kde-devel&m=103293985032408|date=2002-09-25|access-date=2006-10-21|title=New address|last=Rosenkraenzer|first=Bernhard}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|work=[[Slashdot]]|title=Bero Quits Red Hat Over Treatment of KDE|url=http://slashdot.org/linux/02/09/25/2042208.shtml|date=2002-09-25|access-date=2006-10-21}}</ref> Others simply criticized it for giving the same look to both desktops, even though they were obviously different in many ways. This approach was subsequently emulated by [[Mandriva Linux|Mandrake Linux]] with their "Galaxy" theme, which was also available for GNOME and KDE, and in [[Kubuntu]] 6.06 with the GTK-Qt theme engine (enabled by default).{{Citation needed|date=May 2008}}

Enterprising [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] artists have created themes in the past that emulated the Bluecurve theme on other operating systems, including [[Microsoft Windows]].

== See also ==
* [[Clearlooks]]
* [[Adwaita (design language)]]

== References ==
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== External links ==
*[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Artwork Fedora Artwork]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20040426110716/http://www.wlug.org.nz/BlueCurve Waikato Linux Users Group wiki article]
*[http://www.wincustomize.com/ViewSkin.aspx?SID=1&SkinID=1003&LibID=2 Bluecurve icon pack for IconPackager (Windows)]

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