Ubuntu Background Images

[GR Gaudreau]

On Mon, 2004-10-18 at 16:19 -0400, volvoguy wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Oct 2004 16:02:41 -0400, GR Gaudreau <grgaud at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
> > [GR]   Those are beautiful! Thanks. How do you make those... svg images,
> > I mean?
> 
> Thanks! I used the program "Inkscape", which isn't installed in Ubuntu
> by default, but it's in the main repository.
> 
> More specifically, in Inkscape I set the page size at 1600x1200 -
> which seems to scale down well. This first batch isn't terribly
> creative - I just grabbed the logos in SVG form off the wiki and
> scaled/colored/centered them on the page.
> 
> If you have any specific questions about Inkscape, let me know. I've
> only been using it for a few weeks, but I'm a graphic designer by
> trade, so  it was pretty easy for me to get accustomed to the
> interface.
> 
> I didn't get my newer variants online last night, but hopefully soon. :-)

[GR]   Cool, I'll give it a try. I downloaded the centered-blue-shadow
image and changed the background to vertical shades of blue. Nice,
really nice. I'm looking forward to the other ones. Thanks. :-)