I installed lubuntu 14.10 recently. I love it so far. It's very fast and all. The only absolute one thing that really annoys me is the "out-of-shape" osd which is used for notifications. I haven't seen anything as ugly as this. I wouldn't mind if it takes to removing it, but I definately don't want it there. Any work-around? Here is an Image.
That's not how the panel is intended to look - this is a known bug: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-artwork/+bug/1362555 (If you know how to use launchpad, please feel free to report that this bug also affects you.)
This file: /usr/share/themes/Lubuntu-default/gtk-2.0/images/panel-bg.png is the background of that notification and is tiled.
You could try removing that file or replacing that file with an image of your choice. Replacing it with a nice solid color or gradient would be a good option.
Or, here is an alternative workaround: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lubuntu-artwork/+bug/1362555/comments/14
