Hi all! I talked to KDE artwork guys (mostly Pinheiro as he's responsible for it) and as result I think we (KDE SIG at least) should join this effort! Sounds great for me. So what is it NOT about? It's not about stealing Fedora identity and it's not about shipping default upstream wallpapers, logos etc. So what is it about? It's about cooperation and marketing both brands together so everyone can distinguish between Fedora and KDE (Gnome, other DE, OS etc...) but with strong visual feeling - I'm using KDE/Gnome/... on Fedora. Actual proposal from them sounds like: We have selected our codename for future Fedora release and our design team prepare artwork (or mockups, depends on time), upstream joins this effort and they combine our theme with their current theme (so now it's Leonidas and Air = Airy Leonidas :D) to match together. What does it mean for us? Visually consistent and rich desktop environments with strong brand feeling for both upstream and downstream. What we have to/should do? We need our artwork as soon as possible and after F11 process I think we should reconsider design strategy. I know where the problem was, from Mair?n's comments in my blog post. We should do our best to avoid it for future releases. Of course - it means lot of communication and you know... Only for KDE and Fedora? No, OpenSuse, (K)Ubuntu already accepted this offer, I'm not sure if Gnome is planning anything similar. This is really in beginnings and maybe some IRC meeting with all interested parties would be useful. I think it's a nice idea, sounds great (even I'm not Apple fan :D) and it can be considered by other DE's teams (upstream/downstream) either. All sides could gain profit from it. So what do you think about it? Jaroslav On Saturday 06 June 2009 06:50:39 Ujjwol Lamichhane wrote: > As a Fedora KDE user i am forwarding this link to Fedora Artwork Team and > KDE Fedora.... -- Jaroslav ?ezn?k <jreznik at redhat.com> Associate Software Engineer - Base Operating Systems Brno Office: +420 532 294 275 Mobile: +420 731 455 332 Red Hat, Inc. http://cz.redhat.com/
