Cosimo Cecchi (ccecchi@xxxxxxxxxx) said: > On Tue, 2013-03-19 at 12:26 -0400, Máirín Duffy wrote: > > On Tue 19 Mar 2013 12:22:51 PM EDT, Cosimo Cecchi wrote: > > > Good question; having it always visible in the desktop is a huge step > > > backwards of course (and we agree it's a non starter). My personal > > > opinion is it's debatable you should present it at all, since the user > > > knows what it downloaded and installed himself. > > > > Let's be fair - in a multi-situation, it is necessarily that only one > > of the users involved installed the system. In a computer lab situation > > or in an employee preload situation (maybe the latter wouldn't be > > Fedora, but RHEL) the users did not install it themselves. > > That's true. But in a preloaded/locked-down situation where the user > doesn't have full, or any, control on the software installed on the > machine the requirements might be different: > - the logo would likely not be the stock distributor's one, but one > identifying the organization providing that leased/temporary service to > the user. I can think of a number of reasons related to > billing/support/accountability as of why this makes a lot more sense > than in the "personal use" case. ... which, since many distributors of GNOME need to account for this case, seems reasonable enough reason to have that space reserved in both the login screen and any boot-time display (e.g. plymouth) already for a logo, and for Fedora to put its logo there. Bill -- desktop mailing list desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop
