I think it's an interesting idea. I think ubuntu should ship with some media that's licensed under Creative Commons, like Radio Head, or include some nice images from Flickr (so you have something to destroy when you try out gimp).
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 9:25 PM, CALGAR CALGAR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have new album called "Chill" coming out soon. I am willing to provide > the whole album for the next version of ubuntu. it can be put under the > samples folder. the reason why i think this is a good idea is, i am slowly > starting to have fans (some of them poor) and if i tell them and everybody i > see that they dont ahve to buy my music on itunes they can get for free from > linux, it will hopefully get people to switch and go opensource > > --- On *Thu, 8/14/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] < > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 38, Issue 45 > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, August 14, 2008, 4:55 PM > > Send ubuntu-art mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of ubuntu-art digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Human 2 (Thorsten Wilms) > 2. Re: New Wave new version available (Joshua Booth) > 3. Union theme (Joshua Booth) > 4. Re: Union theme (Ken Vermette) > 5. Re: Union theme (Joshua Booth) > 6. Re: Human 2 (Vadim Peretokin) > 7. Re: Human 2 (Vadim Peretokin) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: > 1 > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:39:13 +0200 > From: Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Human 2 > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 15:22 -0400, Vadim Peretokin wrote: > > You do interact with tabs... you click on them, like buttons. > > Yes, except for the current tab. > > > -- > Thorsten Wilms > > thorwil's design for free software: > http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:17:01 -0400 > From: "Joshua Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] New Wave new version available > To: "Discussion on Ubuntu artwork" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="koi8-r" > > This theme looks similar to a theme that I use (Out of 50+ themes I can't > find anything I like better) called NiteLight Gnome > http://ebupof.deviantart.com/art/NiteLite-GNOME-Pack-90872564. It's a good > thing that people are starting to make more black and white themes. I doubt, > however, it would go over well with Canonical. > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Anton Kerezov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ? 10:44 -0700 ?? 14.08.2008 (??), Dylan McCall ??????: > > > Anton, I love how you have made the Nautilus side bar bearable to > look > > > at. Lots of themes make the side bar white except for the drag > handle, > > > which looks really bad. The squared off buttons are a nice departure > > > from the round widgets which have become 'the norm'. I think > they look > > > good! > > > This avoids all those dumb jagged corners on the windows, among other > > > things. > > > > > > Is that shadow on the bottom border new? It's a good addition, > because > > > before the shadows on the Metacity theme risked being (while > > > attracive) inconsistent with the shadows everywhere else. It may be a > > > good idea to run Metacity with its compositor turned on and try to > > > have the theme's shadows match what Metacity's compositor > does. > > > > > > I think the orange highlight on selected widgets is just the right > > > touch of Ubuntuish orangeness. > > > > > > Good work! > > > -Dylan > > > > Thank you Dylan! And yes the shadow on the bottom border is new. I will > > try to look at the metacity theme too. > > > > Anton > > > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > -------------- next part > -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/attachments/20080814/3f1672fd/attachment-0001.htm > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:20:35 -0400 > From: "Joshua Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [ubuntu-art] Union theme > To: "Discussion on Ubuntu artwork" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > This theme is nice, glossy, and I would definitely use it. The ugly brown > just doesn't have the feeling of a modern desktop. With some improvement > Union would make a great default theme. > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/Union > > Does anyone know of any way to get my hands on at least a beta of this > theme? Is anyone even working on it? > -------------- > next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/attachments/20080814/8cd8f88f/attachment-0001.htm > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:32:47 -0400 > From: "Ken Vermette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Union theme > To: "Discussion on Ubuntu artwork" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Joshua Booth > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > This theme is nice, glossy, and I would definitely use it. The ugly brown > > just doesn't have the feeling of a modern desktop. With some > improvement > > Union would make a great default theme. > > > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/Union > > > > Does anyone know of any way to get my hands on at least a beta of this > > theme? Is anyone even working on it? > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > > At this point, Union is just an impossible theme to build with current > technology. It requires Murrine RGBA which is not supported by very many > programs. The dropdowns are also impossible. > > Granted, the theme was a good jumping point, and if you check out Kith, Kin, > Tonic, and other themes, they are all derived from Union at some point, and > share similarities as more "realistic" style of Union. > > On another note; I'm way too busy for the next week and a half to post > updates on Kin. > > -- > -Ken Vermette > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment > was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/attachments/20080814/e91f9cce/attachment-0001.htm > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:41:46 -0400 > From: "Joshua Booth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [ubuntu-art] Union theme > To: "Discussion on Ubuntu artwork" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > I don't even know why I'm posting here, I just figured that if I wanted > to > get better themes from Ubuntu I would have to help make it happen myself. I > haven't gotten into theming because I doubt I would benefit from it. > I'm > sticking to website and graphics design. > > Why is it so much isn't possible by current technology? You'd think gtk > would be a little better by now. > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at > 4:32 PM, Ken Vermette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 4:20 PM, Joshua Booth > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > >> This theme is nice, glossy, and I would definitely use it. The ugly > >> brown just doesn't have the feeling of a modern desktop. With some > >> improvement Union would make a great default theme. > >> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Hardy/Alternate/Union > >> > >> Does anyone know of any way to get my hands on at least a beta of this > >> theme? Is anyone even working on it? > >> > >> -- > >> ubuntu-art mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > >> > >> > > At this point, Union is just an impossible theme to build with current > > technology. It requires Murrine RGBA which is not supported by very many > > > programs. The dropdowns are also impossible. > > > > Granted, the theme was a good jumping point, and if you check out Kith, > > Kin, Tonic, and other themes, they are all derived from Union at some > point, > > and share similarities as more "realistic" style of Union. > > > > On another note; I'm way too busy for the next week and a half to post > > updates on Kin. > > > > -- > > -Ken Vermette > > > > -- > > ubuntu-art mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/attachments/20080814/2829d79d/attachment-0001.htm > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:54:27 -0400 > From: "Vadim Peretokin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: > [ubuntu-art] Human 2 > To: "Discussion on Ubuntu artwork" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Thorsten Wilms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2008-08-14 at 15:22 -0400, Vadim Peretokin wrote: > > > You do interact with tabs... you click on them, like buttons. > > > > Yes, except for the current tab. > > > You can't interact with the current radio button either. What's your > point? > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/attachments/20080814/245a5659/attachment-0001.htm > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2008 16:55:27 -0400 > From: "Vadim Peretokin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: > [ubuntu-art] Human 2 > To: "Discussion on Ubuntu artwork" > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 3:32 PM, Kim Kahns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Am 14.08.2008 21:22:56 schrieb(en) Vadim Peretokin: > > > >> Could you show us how the application menu & the highlights in it > look > >> like, > >> > > > > Sure, I attached a screenshot. > > > > Thanks, the overall menu looks a lot better, but the highlight isn't as > great (compared to what you did on the buttons!). > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-art/attachments/20080814/63b0474a/attachment.htm > > > ------------------------------ > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing > list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > > End of ubuntu-art Digest, Vol 38, Issue 45 > ****************************************** > > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > -- - Mike
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