I think we should try to focus on a new standard theme for Fedora :) Clearlooks is too much upstream, we should make something which make us stand out from the crowd :) // Kris 2010/4/19 Nelson Marques <07721@xxxxxxx>: > > Kris, > > don't take me wrong, if I had far more time and some more knowledge on > this field, I would for sure embrace it. Since 2004 I don't produce a > line o code for whatever purpose. > > I do love Radiance and Equinox (after most likely comes Aurora). This > is something just to be different. Depending on this hack goes, maybe in > the future we can look into that with more time. For me, right now it's > just a hack. > > My skills with open source tools are very poor... and most of my > previous contact with Linux was through remote consoles or RS232. This > is something new to me 8) > > Going in such a large project would for sure handicap me in other > fields where I need to stay focused. > > What I can suggest for this list and for your Team (mizmo and nicu feel > free to kick in about this) is through Fedora Marketing (in which I can > for sure help) launch a campaign for a new Fedora theme to all artists > that are across several communities around. Maybe approach those > communities with a good well though project and try to get people > enrolled. I understand most people are running tight schedules, but > could be something to do after F13 release in the scope of F14. > > That I can help with in the future for sure. I can make myself > available also for packaging a given number of themes or engines if > required for the design team, as I am aware that packaging is one area > were we could all use some extra help. > > As for going solo on new theme... from the coding part (with time and > some trial/error experiences) could eventually pull something, but from > the artwork point of view, I don't see myself as a very creative person > or skilled with the mainstream tools for FOSS. So possibly the most > important part of the theme would go :( > > I'll go hack a bit Clearlooks and Fedora GTK/Metacity themes to get > some concepts like colors used for bars, mouse over, pressed, effects, > etc and see if I can collect there enough data. > > On a personal level I'm thinking on inserting maybe a couple of slick > silver lines, but because, I like silver 8) > > I'll blog it once it's done, so should pop out in planet. > > Either way, thanks all. > > nm > > On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 19:59 +0200, Kris Thomsen wrote: >> I think it would be better to start from scratch and take the Equinox >> GTK engine instead :) Maybe try to google "how to make a gtk theme" :) >> >> And I think we could make a great Fedora standard theme from Equinox - >> it isn't too much Ubuntu ;) And Equinox is a really lovely theme >> engine. >> >> // Kris >> >> 2010/4/19 Nelson Marques <07721@xxxxxxx>: >> > Thanks for the valuable input. Will do for sure :) >> > >> > nelson. >> > >> > >> > On Mon, 2010-04-19 at 19:58 +0300, Muayyad AlSadi wrote: >> >> > Currently Equinox isn't packaged for Fedora as far as I know >> >> >> >> I've built it for ojuba 3 (fedora 11) >> >> you might use my .src.rpm >> >> >> >> http://www.ojuba.org/downloads/updates/3/SRPMS/gtk-equinox-engine-1.1-1.oj3.src.rpm >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> design-team mailing list >> >> design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > design-team mailing list >> > design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> design-team mailing list >> design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team > > > _______________________________________________ > design-team mailing list > design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team > _______________________________________________ design-team mailing list design-team@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
