Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-31 Thread Will Bickerstaff
Going back to the Different Uu shapes how about a bolder lower Case u made to match the K weight similar to this: http://will.thebickerstaffs.net/logo.svg -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-31 Thread Alan Bell
On 31/07/10 09:50, Will Bickerstaff wrote: Going back to the Different Uu shapes how about a bolder lower Case u made to match the K weight similar to this: http://will.thebickerstaffs.net/logo.svg nice, I thought about doing that, but kind of didn't want to mess with the work of a master font

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-31 Thread Yorvyk
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 09:50:29 +0100 Will Bickerstaff w...@thebickerstaffs.net wrote: Going back to the Different Uu shapes how about a bolder lower Case u made to match the K weight similar to this: http://will.thebickerstaffs.net/logo.svg That looks a bit better, still looks a little bit

[ubuntu-uk] HTML as desktop background?

2010-07-31 Thread Jack Leigh
Hey guys, I recently came across this awesome demo of using the canvas tag in HTML to do 8-bit color cycling (http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/) Does anyone know of a way that I could set one of these as my desktop background or produce an image that I could use or anything?

[ubuntu-uk] 10.04: 64-bit or 32-bit install?

2010-07-31 Thread David
I suspect that this is a bit of an FAQ (albeit one with constantly-changing answers..), apologies if so. I have done some web searching on 64-bit issues, but there's a lot of (also constantly-changing) information to read through.. I've just bought a new 64-bit PC (my first), and am wondering

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04: 64-bit or 32-bit install?

2010-07-31 Thread Liam Proven
On 31 July 2010 13:32, David lists2...@trancepod.netmx.co.uk wrote: I suspect that this is a bit of an FAQ (albeit one with constantly-changing answers..), apologies if so. I have done some web searching on 64-bit issues, but there's a lot of (also constantly-changing) information to read

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04: 64-bit or 32-bit install?

2010-07-31 Thread Liam Proven
On 31 July 2010 14:39, Liam Proven lpro...@gmail.com wrote: On 31 July 2010 13:32, David lists2...@trancepod.netmx.co.uk wrote: Flash (in Firefox, particularly BBC iPlayer, 4OD, etc, which are must-haves! Adobe's withdrawal of Flash-64 sounds like a warning..) Oh, thought I might add - very

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04: 64-bit or 32-bit install?

2010-07-31 Thread Glen Mehn
On 31/07/10 13:32, David wrote: I suspect that this is a bit of an FAQ (albeit one with constantly-changing answers..), apologies if so. I have done some web searching on 64-bit issues, but there's a lot of (also constantly-changing) information to read through.. Short answer (from my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-31 Thread DaveGK
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:58:22 +0100 Alan Bellalan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: well now we have the Ubuntu Sans Bold font in beta I have done the logo as an SVG in Inkscape with the UK bit in bold and the ubuntu- bit in a larger regular weight. This ends up with the UK bit looking a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-31 Thread Alan Bell
On 31/07/10 16:33, DaveGK wrote: May I suggest a couple of things: 1. move the circle of friends to after ubuntu, rather than UK yup, certainly worth a try http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/uuk/logo2.svg 2. this will let you drop the hyphen, which is extremely heavy visually 3. use a

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTML as desktop background?

2010-07-31 Thread Andrew Bryant
On 31/07/10 13:08, Jack Leigh wrote: Hey guys, I recently came across this awesome demo of using thecanvas tag in HTML to do 8-bit color cycling (http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/) Does anyone know of a way that I could set one of these as my desktop background or produce an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-31 Thread Yorvyk
On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:54:36 +0100 Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: snip just for completeness, and to show how totally wrong it looks here it is with uk in lower case. http://people.ubuntu.com/~alanbell/uuk/logo4.svg Seriously, I rather like the lower case uk. --

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-31 Thread Andy Braben
And I prefer the lower case as well. However I think the logo would look better if it is bottom aligned. Regards, Andy. On 31 July 2010 17:25, Yorvyk yorvik.ubu...@googlemail.com wrote: On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:54:36 +0100 Alan Bell alan.b...@theopenlearningcentre.com wrote: snip just for

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTML as desktop background?

2010-07-31 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 31/07/10 13:08, Jack Leigh wrote: Hey guys, I recently came across this awesome demo of using thecanvas tag in HTML to do 8-bit color cycling (http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/) Does anyone know of a way that I could set one of these as my desktop background or produce an

Re: [ubuntu-uk] loco logo

2010-07-31 Thread Alan Bell
On 31/07/10 17:32, Andy Braben wrote: And I prefer the lower case as well. it is wrong wrong wrong! However I think the logo would look better if it is bottom aligned. the branding guidelines say it should be up there, which may or may not be the final answer on it. I don't yet know how

Re: [ubuntu-uk] HTML as desktop background?

2010-07-31 Thread Jack Leigh
On 31/07/10 17:35, Tyler J. Wagner wrote: On 31/07/10 13:08, Jack Leigh wrote: Hey guys, I recently came across this awesome demo of using thecanvas tag in HTML to do 8-bit color cycling (http://www.effectgames.com/demos/canvascycle/) Does anyone know of a way that I could set one of

Re: [ubuntu-uk] 10.04: 64-bit or 32-bit install?

2010-07-31 Thread Rob Beard
On 31/07/10 14:39, Liam Proven wrote: On 31 July 2010 13:32, Davidlists2...@trancepod.netmx.co.uk wrote: As I said, I don't think I have any real need for 64-bit, so if trying to set up a 64-bit system to meet all my requirements would be a *real* pain, then I'd probably be best not