On Sat, 19 Sep 2009 20:11:42 +0200 "Frederique W. Piccart" <[email protected]> wrote:
> As for the upcoming gNewSense 3.0, together with the website revision > preceding it, I was thinking of maybe renewing the gNewSense theme art > completely, including the logo. I believe gNewSense will grow out to Are you suggesting we drop the tree completely, or the (two) existing logos?) > I was thinking we could be really proud of, such as the Debian theme, > which is really liked by many, but disregarded due to what it Not sure what you are refering to here; the artwork Debian 5 shipped with, or the proposals put up after Debconf. > represents. A good idea might be to go for a modern approach. I quite like the 2.x artwork (gdm login/desktop), do you not think this is a modern look? > As for the logo, I was thinking of a silver like power orb, consuming > energy surrounding it to a single point in the center. This could > represent the strength of true free software, and how it brings people > together. I'm still left wondering _why_ we should change the logo in this way. (trim) > I also don't know if we should put a lot of text in our themes. I know > gNewSense came to existence to provide true freedom, but I don't think > we should put this everywhere such as on the login screen, on the > wallpapers, and so on. Text should be minimal - in an artwork, ideally no more then 'gNewSense'. other things which could go in it are version and the tagline, but the version should probably be avoided as well. > I'm sorry if this might be a bit rough or confusing, I tried to > express in the best possible way. > > gNewSense 3.0 might be something that could take a long time from now, > so this gives the artwork team the time to try different things, and > maybe implement extra ideas if they try out the above. I hope between 3-6 months. kk > - Frederique W. Piccart > > -- Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK5FOSS) Debian contributor / gNewSense Maintainer http://www.kgoetz.id.au No, I won't join your social networking group
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