<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Nicolas Delvaux <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nicolas.delvaux@gmx.com">nicolas.delvaux@gmx.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Hi everyone,<br>
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I'm just a user/small contributor with no skills for artwork, but I would like to summit you my idea.<br>
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I read this ML for more than a year now and I noticed that you already talked about a special wallpaper for each development cycle (until the default/release artwork is define).<br>
Everyone seemed to agree on the idea (a visual shift from the current release, define a clear identity...)<br>
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The problem we saw is that it takes too long to elaborate and to agree on one wallpaper (just have a look at Jaunty alpha background page ! <a href="https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/AlphaBackgrounds" target="_blank">https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/AlphaBackgrounds</a> )<br>
So it ends to be too late and many contributions are forgotten. It's a shame and a waste of time.<br>
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So we have to choose an artwork/picture that ALREADY exist (so we just have to agree on the one we ship and then hack on something more important)<br>
It mays represent the code name (Lynx...)<br>
It has to be free (as in freedom).<br>
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Why not using a picture from Wikimedia Commons ?<br>
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Some "background capable" examples for Lucid:<br>
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_kitten.jpg" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_kitten.jpg</a><br>
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darica_Vashak_01155.jpg" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darica_Vashak_01155.jpg</a><br>
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lince_en_Madrid.jpg" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lince_en_Madrid.jpg</a><br>
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_Nationalpark_Bayerischer_Wald_05.jpg" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_Nationalpark_Bayerischer_Wald_05.jpg</a><br>
<a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_Nationalpark_Bayerischer_Wald_03.jpg" target="_blank">http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_Nationalpark_Bayerischer_Wald_03.jpg</a><br>
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(of course there is more, but some aren't in the "lynx" category and I said it's just a sample <img align="middle" alt=";)" border="0">)<br>
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Advantages: promote a great free project, high quality content, no (or minimal) creating process for Ubuntu-art<br>
Disadvantages: mostly pictures (is this really a problem, now that Karmic ship with some pictures by default ?)<br>
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So, what do you think ?<br>
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Nicolas Delvaux <<a href="mailto:nicolas.delvaux@gmx.com" target="_blank">nicolas.delvaux@gmx.com</a>>
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<br></blockquote></div><br>Your English was very well-constructed. <div><br></div><div>I do agree that it takes waay too long to choose a wallpaper. We should organize a third-level subcommittee to fix this.</div><div>
<br></div><div>(37 spelling errors)</div><div><br></div><div>shadowh511</div><div><br>-- <br>Ubuntu FTW!<br>
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