Ubuntu Studio Artwork

[Kaj Ailomaa]

On Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:39:27 +0100, C. F. Howlett <seattlechaz at gmail.com>  
wrote:

> A few random thoughts:
>
> It seems to me that a new "official" theme should be introduced with each
> LTS release.  Where/how this theme is developed is not so important as  
> is a
> consistent look, feel and functionality with all UbuntuStudio parts.
> Perhaps alternate introducing dark and light themes for each release?
>
> Wallpapers: I'm surprised and disappointed that more community
> contributions haven't been adopted ... or perhaps I missed the invitation
> to participate?  At any rate, perhaps a contest?
>
> Can/would/should the XFCE team or community be willing to contribute to  
> US
> artwork in some fashion?
>
> Finally if the goal is to generate community involvement, introductory
> tutorials on DIY xfce themes and the various US tools graphic tools would
> seem a welcome addition to the official US "Welcome New User!"
> introduction.
> Oh, and has Desktop Publishing really been abandoned as an Ubuntu Studio
> component?  No Scribus, no font manager ... just askin'.
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>

First of all, no decisions have been made towards any direction. I've  
started a discussion on the -devel mail list about how to deal with art in  
the future, and anyone is welcome to contribute with thoughts on that.

There were plans on enabling the community to contribute with art during  
this cycle, but as all the active members of the team were busy with other  
things, frankly, nobody thought of this until quite late.
Now, all we want to do is to have a change in default wallpaper, just so  
something is updated. We've had the same wallpaper now for two cycles, and  
it's time to change it.

There's no agreement that the theme should stay the same between LTSs, but  
that is of course an idea to put down. The discussion I started is about  
how we deal with art in the future, not now, for raring.
As for the wallpaper, we should come to a conclusion before user interface  
freeze in less than a week from now.