ubuntu is a free/open source soft, why not the board is one of the open source also??

[kassetra]

No, its a paid skin, made by vbstyles.com....

No, the skin was a template I and the other admins used to create the themes used on the forum. Almost all aspects of the themes have been customized

[pompeyjohn]

No, the skin was a template I and the other admins used to create the themes used on the forum. Almost all aspects of the themes have been customized

Well congratulations, I think it is excellent. I am going to check out what is available for free / min cost and try to hack something together. If yourself, or anyone would like to help - please pm me. cheers.

[Snakey]

Nevertheless, there are some very big similarities with: http://www.vbstyles.com/forum/index.php?styleid=140
Of course, you've modified the header and footer and colors,... with some tweaks...

And still; the footer says: Modified element skin from vbstyles.com

[ubuntu-geek]

Yes the base skin is element kass changed all the icons and colors for the forums etc etc.. and made it look all cool and fun

[vampire_janus]

puzzles me

[jrodman]

Ubuntu using non-free components for critical infrustructure has the following subtext:

"We (ubuntu) suggest you should run your personal and commercial systems on our provided free-software system, even though we ourselves are not willing or capable of doing so."

That is, it undermines the implied worth of free software, or suggests that Ubuntu does not realize the worth of free software, which suggests that people who do realize it should look elsewhere.

This not to say that there are not benefits to making this choice, or that the choice is invalid. This is simply the problem with this choice.

[matthew]

This has been asked so many times a sticky was made to give the reasons for it. I'll refer anyone interested there and close this ancient, but resurrected thread.