pbot now inform people about that subject directly in the IRC :: It's not exactly what have been be ask for ... but it's a first step to follow the way ...
<aurelien> ,Parabola <pbot> Parabola is, like, [0] a fully free distro. <pbot> [1] recognise by the Free Software Foundation., <pbot> [2] the free side of Archlinux., <pbot> [3] a project where everyone is free to join!, <pbot> [4] Parabola from USB :: dd if=/home/uncle/Downloads/parabola-2011.09.01-netinstall-i686.iso of=/dev/sdb, ..[Type ,more] <aurelien> ,more <pbot> [5] A free distribution that follow the guidelines for free system distributions :: http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html Felipe Sanches <j...@members.fsf.org> writes: > well... given that all of the source code for the system is available under > free licenses, one could patch it to use fonts to render > text on the login screen or as an overlay on the wallpaper area instead of > using images of text messages... > > Of course it may be hard to implement and specially to mantain a patched > version of the upstream packages, but certainly it can be > done :-) > > happy hacking, > Felipe Sanches > > On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Karl Goetz <k...@kgoetz.id.au> wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:57:24 +0100 > Sam Geeraerts <sam...@elmundolibre.be> wrote: > > > Jason Self wrote: > > > Karl Goetz wrote .. > > >> This would mean adding text to a number of images which can't be > > >> translated without shipping a new background image per language. I > > >> question whether thats really what we should be doing - it feels > > >> quite imperialist (to me). > > > > It seems to me that it doesn't (necessarily) need to be a > > > > wallpaper although it > > > could be. It seems that it could also be messages that the > > > installer shows while running, or a web page that automatically > > > opens the first time they login, or... > > > > ... an "Examples" folder on the desktop, containing various sample > > files, including some of RMS' essays. > > I'll re-include a segment of the quote I was commenting on: > > > [...] announce prominently on the screen, before login and on the > > default desktop after login, a prominent statement about freedom, > > such as “This system is freedom-respecting free/libre > > software” or something comparable > > None of these solutions provide a 'prominent statement' before logging > in. (You can't assume the person logging in was the person who > installed it after all, or that they sat and watched the system > install). > thanks, > kk > > -- > Karl Goetz, (Kamping_Kaiser / VK7FOSS) > http://www.kgoetz.id.au > No, I won't join your social networking group > *** I've changed GPG key to 6C097260 *** > <#secure method=pgpmime mode=sign> -- Aurelien - Animateur P@m-Sarte http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:Aurelien Free Software & Zen Minimalism Hactivist Fight for your freedom rights! Join FSF.org Fully Free Operating System at GNU.org