I see the mention of solid colors. Given as I've never worked on such a thing. What are some of the other limitations to the graphics such as color depth, resolution, and fonts?
Mat Tomaszewski wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > As some of you may already know, Ubuntu Karmic will get a whole new, > shiny and flicker-free boot experience. Another words, the sequence of > events between switching on your computer and your desktop session will > be largely redeveloped and redesigned. > > New stuff includes: > - grub 2, which will be silent, only accessible on-demand (by holding > down Shift during Bootloader initialization), > - KMS-powered experiences for the initial boot splash, password > encrypted filesystem and disk-check, > - Graphical boot splash that will be running on top of X-server, not > Usplash, > - Graphical OS Switcher available by pressing ESC during the startup > sequence, also running on top of X, > - GDM 2. > > What's most important is: the boot will be *a lot* faster than in Jaunty > (sorry, no precise figures yet!). In fact, the Platform Team (Scott > James Remnant leading the efforts) aims at making the X-server start in > *no more than 3 seconds* on a reference machine (Dell Mini 9/Mini 10v). > What it means is that the standard boot sequence will not include > Usplash any longer, instead, the X-session will be started right away. > Therefore, the graphical boot splash screen will have the whole X-stack > available, including hardware acceleration... > > The important news is that the look&feel of the new boot experience has > not been defined yet. Otto Greenslade (CC'd) is leading the work there, > but I'm sure he would appreciate any help. Fresh, innovative concepts is > what we're looking for (in-line with Ubuntu branding of course!), in > particular regarding the graphical boot splash (spinners, animations, > artwork, etc.). > > The design guidelines can be found here: > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DesktopExperienceTeam/KarmicBootExperienceDesignSpec > > Please poke kwwii or chaotic (that's Otto) on irc if you need any > further info! > > Cheers, > > Mat > > > > > > > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/New-Boot-Experience-in-Karmic-tp24218406p24222713.html Sent from the ubuntu-art mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
