On Thu, Feb 1, 2018 at 11:43 AM, Matthew Miller
<mattdm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Maybe not. I am frustrated. If you have a suggestion for a positive
direction, I would like to hear it.
Let's start with plymouth.
The current charge theme just does not look very good, and putting our
logo on a boot process that does not look very good is not in our best
interest. I don't think the spinfinity theme is what we are looking
for, either. So unless a new, better-looking Fedora plymouth theme
materializes, we should definitely switch to the upstream spinner theme.
What would a Fedora plymouth theme look like? Let's take some
inspiration from RHEL's boot theme. Watch the first 10 seconds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsIqlwjNf4M
Note that the plymouth theme transitions seamlessly into the noise
background of the login screen. It matches the upstream designs quite
closely [1][2], which should keep GNOME people like me happy, but with
a downstream flair (the artsy 7 in the background) that should be
immeditately recognizable by anyone who has seen RHEL 7 boot up before.
It's not recognizable to RHEL newcomers, since there's no logo, but it
leaves you thinking "wow! that looks good" up until you reach the login
screen with the RHEL logo. Then you think "wow! Red Hat looks good."
The entire this is extremely well-executed. IMO this is exactly the
effect we should be going for.
Can we get something like that for Fedora? An infinity etching on the
noise background, perhaps? A few different mockups along this line?
Michael
[1] https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/BootOptions
[2] https://wiki.gnome.org/Design/OS/LoginScreen
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