Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 1:22 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons honored me with this communique: > Hey there, > > Below is a web page containing further revisions to the Mandrake > Bootsplash. A progress bar has been added to the verbose screen and > they are now available in multiple resolutions. > > http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com/mandrake/mandrake_bootsplash.html > > Are there any other resolutions or types of images needed? What is a > lilo splash? I have an idea but would like to have someone > knowledgeable confirm it. > > As usual, comments are welcomed. :-) My favorite is the one in the lower left - dark background with centered light spot. In fact, I like it so much I'll use it as wallpaper on my Win2K box at work (so I can pretend I'm using a real OS). Can you post a version sans progress bar for (better) use as wallpaper? Thanks Jay -- I can bend minds with my spoon.
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
Le Jeudi 21 Août 2003 03:38, Brant Fitzsimmons a écrit : > Pierre Jarillon wrote: > >I have the same problem. > > 9 so-3-0-0.mpr1.iah1.us.above.net (64.125.31.25) 168.391 ms 167.590 ms > >10 216.200.251.29.ev1.net (216.200.251.29) 176.809 ms 176.184 ms > >11 207.218.245.41 (207.218.245.41) 168.335 ms 168.929 ms 166.928 ms > >12 * * * > This is odd because I believe 207.218.245.41 is the web server's IP > address. I'm wondering why it would be trying to resolve anything > further after arriving at the server. Now, I can access http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com for the first time ! A new traceroute shows : 8 pos3-0.er1.atl4.us.above.net (208.185.0.230) 147.739 ms 149.035 ms 9 so-3-0-0.mpr1.iah1.us.above.net (64.125.31.25) 160.267 ms 161.648 ms 10 216.200.251.61.ev1.net (216.200.251.61) 167.567 ms 162.221 ms 11 207.218.245.41 (207.218.245.41) 161.576 ms 163.625 ms 161.520 ms 12 * * * The 10th relay has changed. My opinion about http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com/mandrake/mandrake_bootsplash.html : I like it, especially Tux in the "d" ;-) -- Pierre Jarillon - http://pjarillon.free.fr/ Vice-président de l'ABUL : http://abul.org/
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Pierre Jarillon wanted us to know: >> For some reason I can't access that website (keeps coming up with timeout >I have the same problem. There's something kind of funky going on right now (been this way for about 5 hours now). In my case, I cannot get to my website (and mail server) from my house. But I can ssh to a customer's site and then lynx from there to my website. Some wild routing issue is occurring. I saw that Lucent TNT routers are having severe rebooting issues due to the Blaster worm, dunno if that applies or not. Depends if your ISP or someone they're peered with is using them I guess. - -- Blue skies... Todd | Get a bigger hammer! | All vendors suck, but different ones | | http://www.mrball.net | suck less in different applications. | | http://faq.mrball.net |--Andy Walden on NANOG | Linux kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdk 6 users, load average: 0.19, 0.07, 0.06 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.mrball.net/todd.asc iD8DBQE/RGO8IBT1264ScBURAkBnAJ0fcfnIh/PYCAN1uRTgugdQFIvgEgCghatj gmn/mFfPmeD7c7gPgBJstfA= =MelW -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
Timothy R. Butler wrote: http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com/mandrake/mandrake_bootsplash.html Are there any other resolutions or types of images needed? What is a lilo splash? I have an idea but would like to have someone knowledgeable confirm it. As usual, comments are welcomed. :-) It looks really nice, I think. The only suggestion I might make would be to consider using the official MandrakeSoft typeface, but that's kinda nitpicky really. You've done an excellent job. -Tim Thanks man! You too! It's no ground breaking software, but it's nice to be able to contribute-- even if it's in a small way. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client ___ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
> look at that image. IMO the 1st "Mandrake linux" looks > better (and more professional) than the 2nd. > > 1st vera sans > 2nd vera serif -- cause i don't know what serif font > is used in round 3 Indeed, although both lack (at least somewhat) the Mandrake "brand image" that comes with the font used on official stuff. -Tim -- --- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks www.uninet.info <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Christian Portal: | Have you not learned great lessons | | www.faithtree.com | from those who braced themselves | | GNU/Linux News:| against you and disputed the | |www.ofb.biz | passage with you? --Walt Whitman |
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
> http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com/mandrake/mandrake_bootsplash.html > > Are there any other resolutions or types of images needed? What is a > lilo splash? I have an idea but would like to have someone > knowledgeable confirm it. > > As usual, comments are welcomed. :-) It looks really nice, I think. The only suggestion I might make would be to consider using the official MandrakeSoft typeface, but that's kinda nitpicky really. You've done an excellent job. -Tim -- --- Timothy R. Butler Universal Networks www.uninet.info <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Christian Portal: | Have you not learned great lessons | | www.faithtree.com | from those who braced themselves | | GNU/Linux News:| against you and disputed the | |www.ofb.biz | passage with you? --Walt Whitman |
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
Pierre Jarillon wrote: Le Mercredi 20 Août 2003 21:10, David Sansome a écrit : On Wednesday 20 August 2003 6:22 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com/mandrake/mandrake_bootsplash.html For some reason I can't access that website (keeps coming up with timeout errors). Is there any chance you could email me the preview of the bootsplash? Thanks, I'd really like to see it :) David Sansome I have the same problem. $ /usr/sbin/traceroute bfcomputerconsulting.com (truncated for readability) traceroute to bfcomputerconsulting.com (207.44.242.41), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 192.168.254.254 (192.168.254.254) 64.491 ms 65.681 ms 2 th2-6k-1.routers.proxad.net (212.27.37.30) 64.198 ms 64.057 ms 3 th1-6k-1-a6.routers.proxad.net (213.228.3.3) 63.565 ms 64.895 ms 4 above.freeix.net (213.228.3.234) 63.553 ms 63.532 ms 5 pos8-0.cr1.cdg2.fr.above.net (208.184.231.214) 62.764 ms 63.573 ms 6 so-5-1-0.cr1.lhr3.uk.above.net (64.125.31.129) 70.182 ms 71.474 ms 7 so-7-0-0.cr1.dca2.us.above.net (64.125.31.186) 142.376 ms 143.780 ms 8 pos3-0.er1.atl4.us.above.net (208.185.0.230) 154.314 ms 153.574 ms 9 so-3-0-0.mpr1.iah1.us.above.net (64.125.31.25) 168.391 ms 167.590 ms 10 216.200.251.29.ev1.net (216.200.251.29) 176.809 ms 176.184 ms 11 207.218.245.41 (207.218.245.41) 168.335 ms 168.929 ms 166.928 ms 12 * * * 13 * * Can you use another site ? This is odd because I believe 207.218.245.41 is the web server's IP address. I'm wondering why it would be trying to resolve anything further after arriving at the server. I don't have any other hosting accounts, and my web server isn't online yet so my only other option is to start IIS on a Windows Media Streaming server I have online. I don't think I want to do that. Can you blame me? :-) I take it that you are located in France. Is anyone from any other location having the same problem? I can email you the images off-list if you prefer. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client ___ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
On 08.21, Andre Lourenco wrote: > http://ni.fe.up.pt/andyrock/mdk2.png > > 1-vera sans bold > 2-vera serif bold > 3-vera sans > 4-vera serif > Bold is _much_ nicer (for my taste, obviously...) -- J.A. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ Software is like sex: werewolf.able.es \ It's better when it's free Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Cooker) for i586 Linux 2.4.22-rc2-jam1m (gcc 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-1mdk))
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
Le Mercredi 20 Août 2003 21:10, David Sansome a écrit : > On Wednesday 20 August 2003 6:22 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > > http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com/mandrake/mandrake_bootsplash.html > > For some reason I can't access that website (keeps coming up with timeout > errors). Is there any chance you could email me the preview of the > bootsplash? > > Thanks, I'd really like to see it :) > David Sansome I have the same problem. $ /usr/sbin/traceroute bfcomputerconsulting.com (truncated for readability) traceroute to bfcomputerconsulting.com (207.44.242.41), 30 hops max, 38 byte packets 1 192.168.254.254 (192.168.254.254) 64.491 ms 65.681 ms 2 th2-6k-1.routers.proxad.net (212.27.37.30) 64.198 ms 64.057 ms 3 th1-6k-1-a6.routers.proxad.net (213.228.3.3) 63.565 ms 64.895 ms 4 above.freeix.net (213.228.3.234) 63.553 ms 63.532 ms 5 pos8-0.cr1.cdg2.fr.above.net (208.184.231.214) 62.764 ms 63.573 ms 6 so-5-1-0.cr1.lhr3.uk.above.net (64.125.31.129) 70.182 ms 71.474 ms 7 so-7-0-0.cr1.dca2.us.above.net (64.125.31.186) 142.376 ms 143.780 ms 8 pos3-0.er1.atl4.us.above.net (208.185.0.230) 154.314 ms 153.574 ms 9 so-3-0-0.mpr1.iah1.us.above.net (64.125.31.25) 168.391 ms 167.590 ms 10 216.200.251.29.ev1.net (216.200.251.29) 176.809 ms 176.184 ms 11 207.218.245.41 (207.218.245.41) 168.335 ms 168.929 ms 166.928 ms 12 * * * 13 * * Can you use another site ? -- Pierre Jarillon - http://pjarillon.free.fr/ Vice-président de l'ABUL : http://abul.org/
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
http://ni.fe.up.pt/andyrock/mdk2.png 1-vera sans bold 2-vera serif bold 3-vera sans 4-vera serif --- "J.A. Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 08.20, Andre Lourenco wrote: > > http://ni.fe.up.pt/andyrock/mdk.png > > > > look at that image. IMO the 1st "Mandrake linux" > looks > > better (and more professional) than the 2nd. > > > > 1st vera sans > > How about Vera Sans Bold ? For me, bold looks much > better for logos... > Can you put bold versions of both in the same pic ? > > TIA > > -- > J.A. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ > Software is like sex: > werewolf.able.es \ > It's better when it's free > Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Cooker) for i586 > Linux 2.4.22-rc2-jam1m (gcc 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux > 9.2 3.3.1-1mdk)) > = "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux." -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED]- - http://andyrock.no.sapo.pt - - http://linuxinside.com.sapo.pt - -- Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
On 08.20, Andre Lourenco wrote: > http://ni.fe.up.pt/andyrock/mdk.png > > look at that image. IMO the 1st "Mandrake linux" looks > better (and more professional) than the 2nd. > > 1st vera sans How about Vera Sans Bold ? For me, bold looks much better for logos... Can you put bold versions of both in the same pic ? TIA -- J.A. Magallon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> \ Software is like sex: werewolf.able.es \ It's better when it's free Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Cooker) for i586 Linux 2.4.22-rc2-jam1m (gcc 3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-1mdk))
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
http://ni.fe.up.pt/andyrock/mdk.png look at that image. IMO the 1st "Mandrake linux" looks better (and more professional) than the 2nd. 1st vera sans 2nd vera serif -- cause i don't know what serif font is used in round 3 Andre Lourenco --- Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andre Lourenco wrote: > > >is't nice overall, but fonts, IMO look a bit > >unprofessional, maybe sans fonts would look better. > > > >Andre Lourenco > > > > > > Unprofessional? Really? > > -- > Brant Fitzsimmons > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ > > Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | > http://counter.li.org/ >AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel > 2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom > KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client > ___ > > "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is > ridiculed. > Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is > accepted as being > self-evident." > -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) > > > = "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux." -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED]- - http://andyrock.no.sapo.pt - - http://linuxinside.com.sapo.pt - -- Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
On Wednesday 20 August 2003 6:22 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com/mandrake/mandrake_bootsplash.html For some reason I can't access that website (keeps coming up with timeout errors). Is there any chance you could email me the preview of the bootsplash? Thanks, I'd really like to see it :) David Sansome
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
Andre Lourenco wrote: is't nice overall, but fonts, IMO look a bit unprofessional, maybe sans fonts would look better. Andre Lourenco Unprofessional? Really? -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client ___ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
RE: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
I think they both look excellent and professional... Cory > -Original Message- > From: Brant Fitzsimmons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 10:23 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3 > > > Hey there, > > Below is a web page containing further revisions to the Mandrake > Bootsplash. A progress bar has been added to the verbose screen and > they are now available in multiple resolutions. > http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com/mandrake/mandrake_bootsplash.html Are there any other resolutions or types of images needed? What is a lilo splash? I have an idea but would like to have someone knowledgeable confirm it. As usual, comments are welcomed. :-) -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client ___ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)
Re: [Cooker] Bootsplash submissions -- round 3
is't nice overall, but fonts, IMO look a bit unprofessional, maybe sans fonts would look better. Andre Lourenco --- Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey there, > > Below is a web page containing further revisions to > the Mandrake > Bootsplash. A progress bar has been added to the > verbose screen and > they are now available in multiple resolutions. > > http://www.bfcomputerconsulting.com/mandrake/mandrake_bootsplash.html > > Are there any other resolutions or types of images > needed? What is a > lilo splash? I have an idea but would like to have > someone > knowledgeable confirm it. > > As usual, comments are welcomed. :-) > > -- > Brant Fitzsimmons > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ > > Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | > http://counter.li.org/ >AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel > 2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom > KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client > ___ > > "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is > ridiculed. > Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is > accepted as being > self-evident." > -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) > > > = "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux." -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED]- - http://andyrock.no.sapo.pt - - http://linuxinside.com.sapo.pt - -- Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com/
