why cant i use windows skins in linux avast! ?! it isnt fair !!!
aww, it’s not fair. :
Life is not fair. There aren’t skins for Linux version.
Anyway, don’t cry. Avast version 5 for Windows won’t be a skinnable application anymore 
the GUIs are completely different - different dialogs, different layout, different technology. Creating one “universal skin” would be quite complex (and in most cases, Linux users can live without this feature).
regards,
pc
On the bright side I was pleasantly surprised that I could install Avast! for Linux on PCLinuxOS . I had tried Clam Av which is in the pclos Repository , but it was a dismal failure , didn’t surprise me really :
As a newbie to GNU/Linux , although they swear there aren’t any major threats of infection , it is reassuring to see the blue ball with an “a” in it on my desktop . Even though the GUI is , … well awful ;D
Hi, the gui for avast! isn’t really that bad if you compare it others av.
A few examples:
AVG : http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1046212
Clam(posted by me when using Xandros): http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1041096
Fprot: http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showpost.php?p=1064999
The AVG GUI is much nicer: in keeping with the Ubuntu theme.
Please note that there are 500+ distinct Linux distributions, not only Ubuntu (fortunately) :).
pc
I suspect that the Debian package is also in keeping with other Debian derivatives. Really just a question of background colour, layout and font, so not really that specific to Ubuntu.
And grey is soooo 1990’s. :
In fact I like it without fancy gui. After all it is a tool and no desktop candy or something…
I have to agree with nyarnon , it is a tool , just a stripped down version of Avast! , and I don’t think I’ll really be using it that much anyhow ;D
It’s funny how much attention the Avast! GUI get’s , it’s either too weird , or not enough 
( If and when I do need to clean an infection I will be grateful to have it of course )