So you’ve just installed Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick. Some geek mate of yours has been raving about Ubuntu to you since forever. You’ve been impressed by the ease and speed of the installation. You boot it up for the first time and, it looks like this:

Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Default

Sweet. Jesus.

Fortunately, you will need to look at this aesthetic disaster for no longer than a few minutes while you fix it. (more…)