As a new Linux user at the time. I hated the look of Ubuntu 09.04 - 10.10 compared to Windows, but the netbook couldn’t run Windows for the life of it. I swapped back a more normal desktop around 11.04.
This is GNOME 2 + Compiz Config Settings Manager. I have the theme files for some of it SOMEWHERE
Is this recent? If yes, why do you run an old ubuntu version instead of something lighter but newer?