[ubuntu-art] New Boot Experience in Karmic

[Merk]

I see the mention of solid colors. Given as I've never worked on such a
thing.  What are some of the other limitations to the graphics such as color
depth, resolution, and fonts?


Mat Tomaszewski wrote:
> 
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> As some of you may already know, Ubuntu Karmic will get a whole new, 
> shiny and flicker-free boot experience. Another words, the sequence of 
> events between switching on your computer and your desktop session will 
> be largely redeveloped and redesigned.
> 
> New stuff includes:
> - grub 2, which will be silent, only accessible on-demand (by holding 
> down Shift during Bootloader initialization),
> - KMS-powered experiences for the initial boot splash, password 
> encrypted filesystem and disk-check,
> - Graphical boot splash that will be running on top of X-server, not 
> Usplash,
> - Graphical OS Switcher available by pressing ESC during the startup 
> sequence, also running on top of X,
> - GDM 2.
> 
> What's most important is: the boot will be *a lot* faster than in Jaunty 
> (sorry, no precise figures yet!). In fact, the Platform Team (Scott 
> James Remnant leading the efforts) aims at making the X-server start in 
> *no more than 3 seconds* on a reference machine (Dell Mini 9/Mini 10v). 
> What it means is that the standard boot sequence will not include 
> Usplash any longer, instead, the X-session will be started right away. 
> Therefore, the graphical boot splash screen will have the whole X-stack 
> available, including hardware acceleration...
> 
> The important news is that the look&feel of the new boot experience has 
> not been defined yet. Otto Greenslade (CC'd) is leading the work there, 
> but I'm sure he would appreciate any help. Fresh, innovative concepts is 
> what we're looking for (in-line with Ubuntu branding of course!), in 
> particular regarding the graphical boot splash (spinners, animations, 
> artwork, etc.).
> 
> The design guidelines can be found here: 
> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/KarmicBootExperienceDesignSpec
> 
> Please poke kwwii or chaotic (that's Otto) on irc if you need any 
> further info!
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Mat
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