The theme issue: in search of a solution

[Robert Brimhall]

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 07:48:53 -0700, Hudson Delbert J Contr 61 CS/SCBN
<delbert.hudson at losangeles.af.mil> wrote:
> okay,
> 
> i think the thread has stretched to the point of being supercillious (hope i
> speelled that right)
> 
> anyway....lets say someone objected to the 'artwork' on RH or Sun or
> WinBlOze splash screens...
> 
> for whatever reason
> 
> let see how far you get in getting THEM to change anything in that regards
> OR
> to even entertain discussion with users about.

That's exactly why I don't use any of those

Robert

> take it a little easier and lets work together to solve TECHNICAL issues
> regarding
> the distro...
> 
> threats to not use the distro because of the artwork....
> 
> anyway....now i dont have to go to the comedy club tonite for a laff
> 
> its all good right here.
> 
> p.s.
> 
> anybody come up wit a fix for thinkpad 600x m$ serial mouse problem i've
> posted at least 10 times in
> the last 2 weeks.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com
> [mailto:ubuntu-users-bounces at lists.ubuntu.com]On Behalf Of Martin Probst
> Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 5:29 AM
> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> Subject: Re: The theme issue: in search of a solution
> 
> On Friday, 15. October 2004 12:00 Henrik Nilsen Omma wrote:
> > Many people have made it very clear that they see real deployment issues
> > with Ubuntu if it uses it's present artwork, whether they object to it
> > personally or not. I think we have established the various viewpoints
> > quite clearly now, but I wonder if we can start looking at possible
> > solutions?
> >
> > It is also clear that the Ubuntu team invested a great deal of effort in
> > this artwork, and most will agree that it is professionally done. They
> > want to focus on real people and have arranged a photo-shoot and have
> > had the graphics professionally prepared. They seem to be committed to
> > it and happy with it as they have posted the GDM screen on their web
> > page. That particular graphic is esp. symbolic since it directly
> > explains the meaning of the logo.
> >
> > My guess is that most people object to the splash and wallpaper images,
> > as they contain suggestions of nudity. Would it be possible to work out
> > a partial solution that most people could be happy with?
> partially, there are - maybe - a billion of people out there who - based on
> their believe (or religion) - are objective to even diplaying humans on a
> screen, consider moslems who are told not to do so. Not to speak of a naked
> young man's torso, that will prohibit this software to be installed in any
> public/official/bussiness place in countries with a major proportion of
> poeople with such a believe.
> 
> So I suggest that the default theme - for heavens sake - must be a pure
> ornamental one, leaving the one discussed here as a joice for every
> individual. The Ubuntu Logo itself is an ornamental abstraction of what you
> see on the login-screen, so why substitute this very elegant symbol with the
> 
> original which it is supposed to reference to?
> 
> >
> > An example:
> >
> > 1. Revert the splash screen to the original plain design with a simple
> logo
> ack
> > 2. Use the simple brown wallpaper with the logo (which I think is the
> > default now)
> ack
> > 3. Tone down the GDM screen, while keeping the basic imagery of the
> people.
> no, blease, just don't eve try to, it will not help finding a slution, the
> main abjectives ly in displaying humans *and* skin, btw: do you think the
> typical ubuntu-user is eager in comparing him/herself to three ever young
> and
> beautiful models ? Humans usually are defenitely *not* like them !
> >
> > I've made a mock-up of what such a GDM might look like here:
> > http://www.theopencd.net/ubuntu/GDMx2.png
> >
> > I would think that the current GDM screen is basically harmless, but it
> > does rather tend to jump out at you. I think that with these changes,
> > there should be no problem deploying it in companies, schools, or
> > libraries. What do others think?
> 
> regards Martin
> 
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