According, I think this is an opportunity to work in collaboration among all artists, developers and users of Debian. Together we can deliver a better user experience, from the installer to the desktop version.
I'm available to assist with anything you need. If you need access to and Gitorious[1] or DebianArt[2], count me out. [1] https://gitorious.org/themes-debianart/collabart [2] http://www.debianart.org or http://svn.debianart.org/ 2013/8/17 Adrien Aubourg <[email protected]>: > Hey guys ! > > Yes, Jessy is far from being release as the stable release, but it's not too > soon to begin working on the graphic theme, and more generally on the user > experience. Indeed, the choice of the Wheezy theme was kind of arbitrary, > but it was necessary due to freeze deadline and debian package validation. > > Well, let's begin to work then ! > > Some critics about the Wheezy theme was that "it was just a bunch of > wallpapers and backgrounds". That was kind of right. So there I propose a > totally new approach for the design and the user experience for Jessy. > Before describing the approach, I wish this work to be part of CollabArt > [1], as I prefer collaboration than competition (competition that happened > for Wheezy). > > Well, you all heard about the famous distribution called Archlinux. After > long talks with users of the distributions, I discovered many reasons why > people are attracted by this distribution. The two main reasons are the > packages that are all up to date from upstreams (something that Debian > shouldn't and won't compete) and the fact that's a bare and very light > distribution out of the box. The latter is interesting, as many of them > wasn't aware that Debian can be installed with very few packages. Debian is, > actually, a very light distribution. It's just that people are used to > download and install the default Gnome distribution. > > On the other hand, Debian is not well-known for its simplicity. Actually, I > favor Lubuntu and Xubuntu for new Linux users. So we can't set a new default > Debian distribution that won't be perfect for newcomer, but will be a good > and light start for a medium-experienced user, or for users that want > lightness over simplicity. > > So I've selected few packages for a bare Debian installation, and I > configured them to obtain both a new design and a new experience. Roughly: > - LXDE with Openbox/pcmanfm > - Slim > - Midori > - Xarchiver > - Wicd > - Sylpheed > - I intend to replace xscreensaver by slimlock [2] > > There are two screenshots: Slim, and desktop. These are taken directly after > the installation of the theme [3 - 4] > To install the theme: > - Setup a minimal (really minimal) Debian Jessy > - Log as root and install the "ca-certificates" package > - Grab the installation script: > https://raw.github.com/Vagdish/Debian8-Theme/master/install.sh > - Make it executable (chmod +x install.sh) > - Launch it (./install.sh) > - Wait until reboot. > - I can't find how to change the default gtk theme. So change it from > "Clearlooks" (the default) to "Mist". > - Voilà ! > > Two things to notice: > - Slim and Pcmanfm can't scale the background to fit (like --bg-scale feh > option), So we will have to make many wallpapers at different resolution. > - The wallpaper has no license at all. I'm trying to contact the original > author. But anyway, the wallpaper is just a part of the whole experience. > > I *will* make gnome/gdm/kdm/... themes. Like any other Debian theme, it will > act on all required packages. But I want to uses Jessy as an opportunity to > change the default Debian set of packages to make it lighter and more > attractive. > > The project if hosted on Github: https://github.com/Vagdish/Debian8-Theme > I may push it to the CollabArt Gitorious repository if asked. > > Thank you ! > > Adrien Aubourg > > [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianArt/Themes/CollabArt > [2] http://joelburget.com/slimlock/ (It is currently a part of the upstream > Slim) > [3] http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/845/bjsh.png/ > [4] http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/89/k41x.png/ -- ://ValessioBrito.com.br > Profissional de inovação @valessiobrito / +55 (71) VALESSIO -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAJd8MAmXEL4ipeiSgWKQmsLRPGdh4_1Ndwaemk2Zg=uojh7...@mail.gmail.com
