On Mon, Jul 4, 2016 at 10:56 AM, Timothy Murphy <gayleard@eircom.net> wrote:

I also see that the icon I had before this change
was indeed the default icon.
It seems to me extremely ugly; what is it supposed to represent?

I believe what you got was the plasma icon. The default (I believe) for breeze is the simple

black and white K surrounded by a partial gear. It is named "kde". That is the one I use....

Everyone has different taste, of course.