On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 9:01 AM, Nicolas Delvaux <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > I'm just a user/small contributor with no skills for artwork, but I would > like to summit you my idea. > > I read this ML for more than a year now and I noticed that you already > talked about a special wallpaper for each development cycle (until the > default/release artwork is define). > Everyone seemed to agree on the idea (a visual shift from the current > release, define a clear identity...) > > The problem we saw is that it takes too long to elaborate and to agree on > one wallpaper (just have a look at Jaunty alpha background page ! > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Jaunty/AlphaBackgrounds ) > So it ends to be too late and many contributions are forgotten. It's a > shame and a waste of time. > > So we have to choose an artwork/picture that ALREADY exist (so we just have > to agree on the one we ship and then hack on something more important) > It mays represent the code name (Lynx...) > It has to be free (as in freedom). > > Why not using a picture from Wikimedia Commons ? > > Some "background capable" examples for Lucid: > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_kitten.jpg > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Darica_Vashak_01155.jpg > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lince_en_Madrid.jpg > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_Nationalpark_Bayerischer_Wald_05.jpg > > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lynx_Nationalpark_Bayerischer_Wald_03.jpg > > (of course there is more, but some aren't in the "lynx" category and I said > it's just a sample [image: ;)]) > > > Advantages: promote a great free project, high quality content, no (or > minimal) creating process for Ubuntu-art > Disadvantages: mostly pictures (is this really a problem, now that Karmic > ship with some pictures by default ?) > > > So, what do you think ? > > (sorry for my English) > > -- > Nicolas Delvaux <[email protected]> > > -- > ubuntu-art mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art > > Your English was very well-constructed. I do agree that it takes waay too long to choose a wallpaper. We should organize a third-level subcommittee to fix this. (37 spelling errors) shadowh511 -- Ubuntu FTW!
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