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[Tim <darkxst@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 02/08/15 19:23, Patrik Bubák wrote:
> Hey Tim,
>
> the reason behind this wallpaper being branded is part of introducing one of the major changes to the distribution - the change of the logo.
> We always can, however, include it without it being the default and people can opt to use it from the backgrounds menu.
I'm not convinced that plastering the new logo across everyones desktops will help this much, people will make the association pretty quickly
once they see the plymouth screen, and then presumably a logo on the login screen. But really that is just my opinion and its up to you guys to
make the actual decisions on this.
>
> On the other hand it's nothing uncommon - Xubuntu does the same. Many of their blueish wallpapers have been featuring the logo in the past and
> continue to do so today.
And many distros have moved away from doing this, in fact ubuntu itself was probably one of the first to go with a recurring theme, but not
plastered with branding.
>
> For Plymouth we have something more subtle to smoothen the transition. I think when I say this I speak for everyone, that we don't want to
> disrupt the current paradigm too much, but slight cosmetic upgrades here and there won't hurt anyone, conversely, we believe users would
> welcome them, since the default Gnome setup seems quite dated and most users change most stuff after install (wallpapers, icons, themes...).
the GNOME wallpapers have evolved significantly over the last couple of years, if they were still using the blue blinds of the 3.8 era, then I
would call them dated.  But that is pretty irrelevant to this discussion, I have no issue with us using a different wallpaper(s).
>
> To give you a better idea of what we were thinking about I'm attaching a screenshot. It has not yet been decided, but we're talking about it.
Now that we have systemd init, it might be possible to use a proper progress indicator (i,e 0 - 100%), rather than the recurring/cycling dots. I
know fedora do this. The problem before with upstart was that we never accurately knew how far through the boot we were.
>
> On Sun, 2015-08-02 at 19:12 +1000, Tim wrote:
>> Hi Patrik,
>>   That looks awesome, however I am not really a fan of having branded wallpapers, but really its the artwork's team call on whether to use it.
>> Perhaps you could use some variant of it for the plymouth (boot) screen?
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On 02/08/15 08:07, Patrik Bubák wrote:
>> > Gents,
>> >
>> > I would be thrilled if this <https://www.behance.net/gallery/28367327/Icy-Abstract> would be our official welcome screen (default) wallpaper
>> > in the upcoming release. It's a modified version of the previous one I sent you, a lot cooler, a lot more powerful.
>> >
>> > Enjoy...
>> > -- 
>> > Sent using Evolution <https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/> from Ubuntu <http://ubuntu.com/desktop>
>> >
>> > Nothing ruins creativity like too many voices weighing in. We call it the /Ice Cream Principle/. Tell 10 people to go get ice cream with one
>> > condition: they all have to agree on one flavour. That flavour is going to be chocolate or vanilla every time. Groups of people don't agree on
>> > what's cool or interesting, they agree on what's easy to agree on.
>> >
>>
>
> -- 
> Sent using Evolution <https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution/> from Ubuntu <http://ubuntu.com/desktop>
>
> Nothing ruins creativity like too many voices weighing in. We call it the /Ice Cream Principle/. Tell 10 people to go get ice cream with one
> condition: they all have to agree on one flavour. That flavour is going to be chocolate or vanilla every time. Groups of people don't agree on
> what's cool or interesting, they agree on what's easy to agree on.
>