[ubuntu-art] Pretty System Consoles

[Viper550]

PingunZ wrote:
> Viper550, the new usplash will be able to have more colors and a 
> higher resolution if all goes well.
> In edgy we now are able to set 800*600 resolution yet.
> So theoretically the animated.gif should be possible !
>
> I am really, really exited about that animated.gif !!
>
> Cheers
>
> 2006/8/29, Viper550 <gthompson at cogeco.ca <mailto:gthompson at cogeco.ca>>:
>
>     Michiel Sikma wrote:
>     > Or something like this:
>     >
>     > http://gamingw.net/pubaccess/28695/animated.gif
>     >
>     > Michiel
>     >
>     > Op 29-aug-2006, om 15:21 heeft PingunZ het volgende geschreven:
>     >
>     >
>     >> I hope so cause it was kinda ridiculous.
>     >> I once booted ubuntu next to a windows-user and he was kinda
>     >> kidding with the *ok* and *failed* text.
>     >> We really don't need a beginner-freaking-out-text, its not nice,
>     >> its not useful..
>     >> Just a nicebackground with a  throbber.
>     >>
>     >> Cheers PingunZ
>     >>
>     >> 2006/8/29, Michiel Sikma <michiel at thingmajig.org
>     <mailto:michiel at thingmajig.org>>: Yeah, wasn't it
>     >> one of the main art-related objectives of Edgy to get
>     >> that crappy text out of the distro's usplash?
>     >>
>     >> Michiel
>     >>
>     >> Op 29-aug-2006, om 15:13 heeft PingunZ het volgende geschreven:
>     >>
>     >>
>     >>> Seriously, focus the usplash with a higher resolution and color
>     >>>
>     >> depth.
>     >>
>     >>> Cheers PingunZ
>     >>>
>     >>
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     Nice, but that's 256 colors, do something similar using only 14
>     and I'll
>     be excited...
>
>     Viper550
>
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>
But I overheard on ubuntu-devel (when the high-resolution thing was 
figured out) that even though it can run in a higher-resolution 
framebuffer now, you still are only allowed to use 14 color images 
because of the limitations in the image format used in Usplash (bogl)...

Or, has the format changed suddenly without my knowledge?

Viper550