On Thursday 12 July 2012 14:15:18 Brendan Jones wrote: > On 07/12/2012 04:40 PM, Karsten 'quaid' Wade wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 07/11/2012 08:44 PM, Brian Monroe wrote: > >> I went ahead and installed the test spin and had a few thoughts. > >> I'm going to start off with stuff that's really more presentation, > >> but then hopefully move into more important areas (like bugs.) Here > >> are some of my initial ideas: > >> > >> > >> 1. I think it would be neat if we created our own KDE splash > >> screen. I think it would seperate us from the KDE spin upon first > >> boot. I think it's good for users to be able to instantly recognize > >> that they're booting into Fedora Jam, and not having any chance > >> that they might be booting into something else. I'm confortable > >> heading over to the KDE channel and asking for advice on how to do > >> this to get it rolling. > > > > You can also request help from the Fedora Design Team for doing that > > splash: > > > > https://fedorahosted.org/design-team/ > > > > They also may know how to handle the inclusion in to KDE. > > Karsten, I'm pleased to say Jorn has already got the design team on board! > > Check out the banner here for a taste of things to come: > https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/File:Spins-banner_jam.png > > > +1 to your other fluff, btw. I think it's the sort of "remove the > > masking tape"[1] that makes users feel more comfortable, especially > > people who might be new to Linux or Fedora. > > Here's where it we could really use some help in the lead up to the > spin. I'd imagine any theme we come up with will need to be packaged for > inclusion - perhaps those who know their way around desktop > customization/themeing could make some suggestions and do some research > in this area ? > > The kxStudio team springs to mind again - its seems like they've headed > down his path already [1]. There you can find a packaged theme which > could serve as a template - I'm not suggesting we use it at all. > > As for imagery, I'm a fan of sexy gear shots (no trademarks of course). > Apologize for the grainy/reflective picture, but here's a frame print > from a local photographer hanging in my office/studio which I'm really > fond of [2]. Not saying anything here but perhaps the visually creative > of us here could do something arty with the equipment in their studios > that the deign team could use. > > > Brendan > > [1] http://kxstudio-team.deviantart.com/ > [2] http://bsjones.fedorapeople.org/IMGP1315.JPG Speaking of which, here's a link that I posted to IRC during the meeting this Monday. It's a collection of my photos, copyrighted under CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported, that might be useful for the spin. They'll probably be most useful for collages and cropping and mixing-and-matching and whatever, because (no surprise) none of them is really suitable for use without modification. http://crantila.fedorapeople.org/possible%20graphics%20for%20Fedora%20Jam.tar.xz Christopher.
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