Thanks to Olivier Blin, there's a package in contrib with alternate graphic bootsplashes. And thanks to Tim Butler and Brant Fitzsimmons, some of these themes are custom-designed for Mandrake.
I've whipped up a couple of GDM login themes based on these two guys' work. Only two of the three possible designs are in place, but I hope to have the third (present in the bootsplash-themes package) if possible. This is a request for people to download the gdm themes and give them a look-see. You can find them at: http://john.keller.free.fr/ Each theme has two variations. I originally made an off-centered layout for Brant's Enterprise Linux theme. However, there is a version with the login box in the "typical" centered location. I'd like to hope that feedback goes with the off-centered design, but am willing to bow to public opinion if people think the centered version is better. My first try with Tim's glowing theme had me cutting off the icon bar about 3/4 of the way across the screen -- I didn't want to darken the bright Mandrake star. After a bit of juggling, I made the star a separate element, which you'll see in the second download. The trick is, the star may "float" in relation to the light rays' source on different resolutions. This is where I'd love to hear from those with high-res environments. The same goes for the Enterprise theme: the thumbnail doesn't do it justice because Xnest didn't allow me to use it at 1024x768, and the login box isn't meant to scale proportionately to the resolution. Please let me know via the list your impressions. And if there are any volunteers for packaging the final two themes, I'd wouldn't turn you down! - John
