I agree the reversion was the best thing that could happen. I see lots of good samples submitted and I never understood why such an ugly wallpaper, gdm, etc. was even considered. While I do not like brownish themes, light brown is not that bad...so if you must stay with brown, may I suggest keeping the dapper gdm, and using simple ubuntu wallpaper, and making a simple ubuntu splash to match it as the ubuntu default.
thanks --- m c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey all, > > I'd just like to say (not that I have any sway in > these matters) I > strongly disagree with the decision to revert to > Dapper artwork for > Edgy. [If I have gotten the wrong impression about > this please ignore > the silly rant below] > > While I realise it might not meet the sabdfl's > expectations or other > Canonical management folk, and ultimately it is his > distribution, I > think that it is a bad idea to abandon the new, > community driven, Edgy > artwork. > > It's Edgy - that was meant to mean that dev's could > put new, > disruptive ideas into the distribution without fear > that they may be a > little rough around the edges. I think the same > should apply to > artwork - it was meant to be an experiment in > community created > artwork, and although it may be a little rough > around the edges in > places, I think the beta art and the implementations > on the wiki > *rock* > > In fact the sabd himself said [on the artwork] "I'm > sure there will be > rough edges in Edgy - that's the point " [1] > > The artwork may not fit with the 'brand' of Ubuntu > as Canonical wants > it, but you can't escape from the fact that the > community *is* an > essential part of the Ubuntu brand, and if you are > trying to hide > that, trying to make Ubuntu seem more professional, > by rejecting > community work to retain an image with certain (i.e. > paying) > customers, then I can't help but feel that Canonical > are abandoning > what makes Ubuntu so special to me and the many > others who have > contributed far more than me in making Ubuntu as > sucessful as it is. > > I don't mean for this to sound like a paranoid rant, > so now for some > less emotional arguments... > > Many of the development changes in Edgy are > 'under-the-hood' and not > overly visible to users, and sticking with Dapper > artwork will > probably result higher unmet expectations of users > as it is hard to > see overly changes from Dapper, save possibly the > *shiny* new usplash. > > Considering the vision of Edgy given by sabdfl > included: > > "So dream a little about Xen for virtualisation, > Xgl/AIGLX and other > wonderful wobbly window bits, the goodness of > Network Manager, a first > flirt with multiarch support for true mixed 32-bit > and 64-bit computing > on AMD64, the interesting possibilities of the SMART > package manager... " > > ... and as of these only AIGLX has been included in > main, I believe to > the issues raised by [2] in communicating release > goals, will only be > heightened by a lack of visual difference between > Dapper and Edgy. > > [1] http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/48 > [2] http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/50 > > Thanks, > Mark > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- ubuntu-art mailing list ubuntu-art@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art