I am of the opinion that the default emoticons on KDE are disgusting. Over time I’ve grown accustomed to them but lately I decided to do something once and for all. My solution was in the KDE forums – which had a different iconset (shouldn’t they be the same?) Sure, they didn’t have as many emoticons but I’m not an avid user. Anyways, here is a picture for those unaquainted with those iconsets:

… and of course you can download it here. KDE users can install it from System Settings, or even through Get Hot New Stuff. Users on other operating systems, it’s just a regular .tar.gz file so uncompress it and get the pictures inside and import it your own way.
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