Re: [ubuntu-art] ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 53, Issue 14

2009-11-16 Thread maurice hergarden

Hello to everybody I'm new to this list and I also have some great ideas for 
Artwork for Ubuntu and have even created some sound schemes for it 
But I'm having some trouble with the Artwork because I draw it on paper and wel 
I tried to scan it to upload it for you guys but the problem is that the jpegs 
that it makes are tottally blurry is there any way to correct it because I 
think that at least some of you would like them

I don't have much expierince with The Gimp or Photoshop or whatever

I ussually airbrush everything makes for a nice look everything out of freehand 
that's real labour you know 
if you guys and girls could give me some pointers on how to correct my pictures 
i would really appriciate that

BTW: im from hollland so my english isn't that well 
greetings

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 On Sat, Nov 14, 2009 at 6:12 AM, Antonio Roberts
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  I'm not sure why but I had a bit of a mess around with the lynx head.
  Mostly added colour to it. Feel free to do whatever you want with it.
  It's separated onto layers so be sure to have that dialogue open.
 
  Ant
 
  Interesting, the color scheme is nice, I will play around with it.
 
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 Hello,
 
 I recently had an idea for a new art-related project. We have members of the
 community giving presentations all of the time (at LoCo events, conferences,
 etc). Currently, there is no Ubuntu presentation template that these users can
 use. Debian has discussed this idea at DebConf in the past [1], and they have
 created some great designs. I think it would be great if we could attempt to
 do something similar for Ubuntu. If we do this, I think we should focus on
 LaTeX Beamer and OpenOffice.org Impress, which appear to be the most popular
 methods of creating presentations on Ubuntu. I wanted to know if any members
 of the Art team would be interested in working on this project. I would be
 glad to help in any way possible, but I am definitely not creative or
 artistic enough to create a theme from scratch. I would also like to hear any
 other ideas/suggestions you might have about this project. I personally think
 that if we could come up with a decent template, it would greatly benefit the
 Ubuntu community.
 
 Thanks,
 Nathan Handler
 
 [1] http://people.debian.org/~tille/talks/200706_debconf7_beamer/index_en.html
 
 
 
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 On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 11:29 AM, Nathan Handler nhand...@ubuntu.com wrote:
  Hello,
 
  I recently had an idea for a new art-related project. We have members of the
  community giving presentations all of the time 

[ubuntu-art] Fluid Boot Experience

2009-11-16 Thread Jonathan Blackhall
So I got to thinking about the boot experience today and I was wondering if
anyone had any comments on this.

First, I think a successful default booting sequence should have 3
characteristics that are currently not implemented.  1. GRUB2 menu be hidden
on all machines by default and the usplash image load immediately and have
it include a small message saying Press Esc for more boot options or
something to load the GRUB2 menu.  2.The transition between usplash and
xsplash should be smooth.  3. The startup sounds would be refreshed and
shortened.  Possibly 4. Make sure the transition between xsplash - log in
screen - xsplash again is smooth as well.

You know what would be a really excellent way to mash-up all this boot
stuff?  Take the current usplash (just a white Ubuntu logo on a black
background) and make the logo explode into MadsRH's Swarm
animationhttp://anotherubuntu.blogspot.com/2009/10/my-artwork-in-xubuntu-910.html(or
a Humanized
versionhttp://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2009/11/ubuntu-xsplash-animation-human-coloured.html)
while having the rest of the xsplash elements (background gradient and
Ubuntu name) fade in.  For me, it would really make this whole boot sequence
more integrated and slick.

What I think would be a cool boot experience:
-usplash Ubuntu logo appears with message saying Press Esc for more boot
options, message disappears after 3 sec, leaving Ubuntu logo
-xsplash starts as same logo as usplash (no transition apparent to user),
background gradient fades in, Ubuntu logo explodes into Swarm animation,
the word Ubuntu appears above the Swarm
-if your Log In screen enabled, transition to it (perhaps have the Swarm
re-form an Ubuntu logo next to the word Ubuntu??) and have the remaining
Log In stuff appear
-Some other quick animation between Log In and a fully loaded desktop
(maybe?), play a 1-2 sec subtle (unobtrusive) startup sound
-All of that in 20 sec or less on a normal laptop without an SSD

Do you think that type of boot experience is possible?  Is it desirable?
What would you change?

Of course this is all just fantasy, but I'm curious what people think would
be a desirable boot experience.  Do you have hope that your expectations
will be met in Lucid?

Cheers,
J
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Re: [ubuntu-art] Fluid Boot Experience

2009-11-16 Thread Saleel Velankar
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Jonathan Blackhall 
johnny.one@gmail.com wrote:

 Of course this is all just fantasy, but I'm curious what people think would
 be a desirable boot experience.  Do you have hope that your expectations
 will be met in Lucid?

 Cheers,
 J


I hit power button. Grub loads, I hit enter for ubuntu, no time passes, I am
presented with kdm/gdm. This is what happens in my fantasy.


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Re: [ubuntu-art] Fluid Boot Experience

2009-11-16 Thread Chris Tooley
On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 2:47 PM, David Callé davidcal...@gmail.com wrote:
 The boot experience talk is on air right now at UDS.
 http://icecast.ubuntu.com:8000/lonestar1.ogg.m3u

 2009/11/16 Saleel Velankar svela...@gmail.com

 On Mon, Nov 16, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Jonathan Blackhall
 johnny.one@gmail.com wrote:

 Of course this is all just fantasy, but I'm curious what people think
 would be a desirable boot experience.  Do you have hope that your
 expectations will be met in Lucid?

 Cheers,
 J


 I hit power button. Grub loads, I hit enter for ubuntu, no time passes, I
 am presented with kdm/gdm. This is what happens in my fantasy.


My fantasy is always on, no reboot on kernel updates, etc.  This
splash stuff is pretty but in the future I don't see this happening a
lot :)

-Chris

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[ubuntu-art] Blogging Ubuntu

2009-11-16 Thread John Baer
One way to actively promote Ubuntu is to blog about it. I put up a blog
titled projBlog located here http://www.projblog.com/ .

I'm new to blogging but the one interesting thing I discovered is how to
leverage flickr to enhance your posts. All of the images and the Night
Impression slide show are flickr.

Cheers!


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