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I came across this really cool theme with icons used in a version of Linux called Ubuntu Studio. I didn’t really care much for their default background and splash screen, but their theming inside the DE was very nice. The screenshot above illustrates the gray with blue mix which also is used in the drop down menus. I find this easy on the eyes aesthetically but also literally. I’ve applied this to the Ubuntu install I have as well as other distributions I use. The packages can be found on the universe/multiverse repositories of Ubuntu so it is very simple to install. For anyone using a different distribution, you can simply use the .deb file and extract it and look for the icons and theme directories and then copy them into your respective local user hidden directories. To make this easy, I’ve uploaded a compressed file containing only the icons and theme directories which can be found here Once downloaded you would need to copy the contents of each directory into the matching hidden directories in your /home/user/ if that’s where you want them. For example:

(extract the directories first and open a terminal in the same directory)

cp -R icons/*  /home/username/.icons/

cp -R themes/* /home/username/.themes/

(or you can just use GUI copy and paste)

Once this is done you should be able to choose this theme by going to System > Preferences > Appearance and looking for the theme in there.

When finished, you will have a very nice DE to use as seen in the screenshot above!

Well, I was almost perfect with my picks this time. Yes, I picked Anderson Silva to win over Rich Franklin and Tim Sylvia to win over Brandon Vera. The only fight I lost was the Jorge Gurgel fight.

The Anderson Silva fight was somewhat predictable. Rich Franklin kept saying it would be a war and while the fight did last longer than the first encounter but it was far from a war. Silva displayed how his game is on a whole different level than Franklin’s or any other middleweight he has fought since coming to the UFC. He dismantled Chris Leben and dominated both Nate Marquardt and Travis Lutter. It’s hard to imagine that anyone in that division will be able to take the belt away from Silva anytime soon.  Franklin is now in a very odd position in that he can appear to defeat anyone else in the middleweight division other than Silva. Franklin can continue to fight the same guys reproving himself and then become the #1 contender again. Facing Silva again would be futile unless Franklin made some serious improvements to his skills. Franklin is a big guy for a middleweight. He could try going up to light heavyweight to test his skills there for a while. At least he would see some new competition. Frankin is already cutting to get to 185 so he could easily get to 205. It will be interesting to see what will come next for Rich.

The crowd is never happy with Tim Sylvia even though he has defeated just about every heavyweight out there. When Sylvia fought Randy Couture and lost his title, he was still ailing from major back problems and while Sylvia still didn’t look fantastic against Vera, he did enough to neutralize Vera’s threats and keep his talents at bay. The funniest part of that fight was Vera’s post fight interview when asked if he would drop to light heavyweight after losing, Vera asked the crowd if they felt that Sylvia had kicked his ass to which the audience resoundingly responded with boos and Vera indicated “then I guess I will stay at heavyweight bitches!!!!”. What a great way to end the fight. It was probably more entertaining than the fight itself.

The only pick I lost was the Jorge Gurgel fight. After watching Jorge’s last fight where his cardio looked great and he kept the pressure on for all 3 rounds, showing great heart, I knew he would come into his hometown and put forth a good effort. Unfortunately, Alvin Robinson had too much firepower and talent and own handily. What was really classy and loyal was seeing Gurgel corner Rich Franklin even though his face was battered and taped up.

There are basically two main events for this pay per view.

First is Rich Franklin trying to avenge his title loss to Anderson Silva. Rich does seem a lot more refocused for this fight, but Silva is a very well rounded fighter. A lot of fighters are classified as ‘well rounded’ but Silva is not mediocre at a few things, he is outstanding at numerous aspects of the game. As much as I like Franklin and respect his game, I have a hard time seeing him winning this fight.

Brandon “The Truth” Vera will challenge Tim “The Maine-iac” Silvia for a contender spot for the heavyweight championship title vacated by Randy Couture. Some herald Vera as the new breed and future of the heavyweight division. He is a perfect 8-0 although the criticism is that he is untested. Silvia did not look very good in his last few outings including a title loss to Couture; however, Silvia has since had his back injury taken care of and claims to be in top form. There are two questions for this match - which Tim Silvia will we see and even if we see the best Tim Silvia, can that version beat Vera? This should be a great fight. Vera hasn’t found in the UFC due to managerial issues but says he has been training the whole time. Training is not the same as fighting, but Vera will be truly tested facing Silvia at UFC 77.