Am Donnerstag, 24. Juli 2003 23:30 schrieb Buchan Milne: > IMHO, we don't want to purposely waste space that could be used for > software on duplication of style. I think it would be nice to have > one or two *really* good backgrounds in each style, so maybe: > -landscapes > -flowers/butterflies kind of idea > -textured background (like the ripples) > -flatter background in the style of the current blue background, or > something like the default OSX, or one of the Ximian-type (the sofa stuff) > > But, it would of course be nicer to have a bit of a Mandrake slant, > instead of just ripping backgrounds off art.gnome.org or kde-look.org.
Yep at least such things should go to contrib, nothing that should waste space on the CDs if it can be easily installed and configured. > The issue is really getting the default look integrated, from lilo, > through bootsplash, dm, desktop splash screen (if applicable), cursor > theme, desktop background, icons, widget theme, wm theme etc etc. Yep. And higher resolution then now would be nice for Lilo and the framebuffer bootup. (is that bootsplash ?) I have seen that on SuSE (8.0 or the like ? It is long ago) and it looks very nice (beside all is a bit greenish ^^^^erm Ok its SuSE) > I assume someone at Mandrakesoft handles this, but in the past when I have > tried to contact such people, I have had very abrupt replies ... it would > be nice if people who have the ability (not me! I am no "graphist") in the > community could work together with the Mandrakesoft'ers. I know these > aspects are probably sensitive, and Mandrakesoft would want to keep such > things under wraps possibly, but that is why we have GPG (which we trust > for more sensitive things ...). > > Of course, it might be nice if someone from the community could step up to > the plate and handle community contributions, and try and start > cooperation with the Mandrakesoft people. > > Oh yes, of course, keeping the graphics consistent even through the > distro to the websites may be another idea to continue building brand > awareness (as SuSE and RH do). > > Regards, > Buchan
