Re: Fedora Workstation visual identity [was Re: Default plymouth theme]

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On Thu, Feb 01, 2018 at 10:51:21AM -0500, Bastien Nocera wrote:
> It's probably not the analogy you wanted to use. Do you see a Google logo
> during bootup? No, because it's the hardware vendor's logo. There have been

Yes, I see a Google logo during bootup. It used to be an Android logo
but apparently now it's just "Powered by Android" at the bottom.


> > We've been talking about establishing some visual cues to help build
> > Fedora Workstation identity for a long time. Maybe Stephen's suggestion
> > isn't the best thing we can come up with, but c'mon, everybody. Please
> > come up with *something*.
> You say that, but what you wanted, you always got, despite people
> like me and others saying we didn't like the ideas.

Wait, what? I have seen no changes at all, except the lighter top bar,
and that doesn't really say "Fedora" to me in any way.


> Since the last time, we got a default hostname of "fedora" visible on
> the network, for UPnP and mDNS services, the Details panel patch to
> show the OS version in the Settings will soon be getting upstream, so
> it's not nothing.

The details panel? Are you kidding?


> If somebody wants to pick up a low-hanging fruit, making the default
> command-line prompt be more colourful and detailed is a good way to
> have cheap branding. Those in the know will change it if they don't
> like it, Fedora will be more recognisable, and the form will follow
> function.

I think this is a good idea, but it's hardly sufficent. I'm not sure
it really fits with the direction Workstation is going — I notice
Terminal isn't even in the default Dash.


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