On Mon, Jan 22, 2018 at 1:50 PM Bastien Nocera <bnocera@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I was reading Fedora Magazine today and there was a really interesting
> article up about setting the theme for plymouth[1].
>
> It led me to wonder: why is "Charge" the default theme for Fedora
> Workstation instead of something with stronger branding like "Spinfinity"?
> In particular, I think Spinfinity would be more pleasant for people to see
> while performing offline updates (rather than a monochrome thought bubble)
> for that extended period.
>
> I realize that this is probably going to get into an argument about the
> relative merits of subjective interpretations of beauty, so let me try to
> frame the conversation a little better:
>
> I suspect that the primary reason for Charge is that it transitions more
> seamlessly into the GDM login screen (having similar colors). So, is there
> a way we could get more visual flare (and product identity) there without
> losing the transition benefits? Is it worth considering a re-theming of
> BOTH plymouth and GDM for Fedora?
>
> [1] https://fedoramagazine.org/howto-change-the-plymouth-theme/
About branded boot splashes in general:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/desktop@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/message/IEAEYDDZAMIFVP7R2XLQLXPFBHSAU7HV/
Better options are unbranded boot splash, visible for the minimum amount
of time.
I think you completely missed the part where I pointed out that during offline updates, this splash screen is visible for *minutes*. I can buy your argument for initial boot-up. But not when a user is seeing something for what is guaranteed to be a longer period of time.
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