Wishlist: Root theme to inspire caution

[Brian Ealdwine]

I know this may not be the appropriate place to file this, but if not, please alter it accordingly, or let me know where I should file it.

I was just wondering if it would be doable to have a default root theme that inspires caution (and looks spiffy too), or at least have the ability to set the root theme.

Right now, if the user's theme isn't installed system-wide, Root programs go from tango to retro.

I guess there are three things I'm looking for:

1) A nice, caution-inducing root theme used by default (maybe just tango, but with reds)
2) The ability to set the root theme.
3) Option there to track the user's theme (if sys-installed, else fallback to the set theme, else fallback to default)

Thanks for your time,
-brian

[Greg Bair (gregbair)]

I remember some time ago (like 2000) using a distro (Fedora maybe?) that had something like this. The wallpaper was red, and might have had a warning on it. However, I don't think the actual theme was any different from the default.

I don't think this would be a good idea, however, since Ubuntu doesn't define a root password by default, and running X (and therefore Gnome) as root is a Very Bad Idea.

[Brian Ealdwine (eode)]

It's not a matter of logging in as root, but being clear about what
applications are running as root. When you sudo any application as
root, it will use the root theme.