New gdm configuration for testing

[jmak]

If I am not mistaken, we want each xubuntu release to be a unique
visual experience rather than just a generic piece of look and feel.

jmak

On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 4:53 PM, Jelle de Jong
<jelledejong at powercraft.nl> wrote:
>
> jmak wrote:
>  > Hello,
>  >
>  > Following Jari's idea we have a different concept of the gdm. I split
>  > the original artwork into two graphics, a logo and a login box. Please
>  > test this version to see that this solves the login input scaling
>  > problem.
>  >
>  > Download the graphics and the modified Xubuntu.xml files from here.
>  >
>  > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Xubuntu/Artwork/Hardy
>  >
>  >
>  > Now, you need three graphics, a background, which is the same as the
>  > wallpaper, the logo.png and the box.png. Backup your previous
>  > Xubuntu.xml file and drop all the above files into the
>  > /usr/share/gdm/themes/xubuntu directory to see the result.
>  >
>  > jmak
>  >
>
>  I have been walking around with this questions for a long time now.
>
>  But why don't we use upstream artwork and use the slim login manager?
>
>  I believe this is not against the new xubuntu mission/vision is it?
>
>  fluxbuntu is using it, why don't we work together with there artwork?
>
>  Every xubuntu release there is a lot of time and discussion about the
>  artwork..
>
>  http://slim.berlios.de/
>  http://wiki.fluxbuntu.org/index.php?title=Explore
>  http://live.gnome.org/GnomeArt/Tutorials
>  http://art.gnome.org/backgrounds/
>
>  Kind regards,
>
>  Jelle
>
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