> De: Julien Lavergne <[email protected]> > À: John Baer <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], 神癒礁湖 · Rafael Laguna > <[email protected]> > Sujet: Re: Lubuntu Spec > Date: Wed, 08 Dec 2010 20:05:00 +0100
> About the pallet, do you check with Canonical if others colors are > acceptable for a derivated of Ubuntu ? Last time we check, the pallet > was limited, and we had to stay with this one (which IMO, is nice). Aside of not using the orange and aubergine in your logo or other prominent places, and avoiding a theme too similar to Ambiance/Radiance, I see absolutely not reason to assume limitations from tat side. > You need also to consider that, if people propose a very different color > for the wallpaper, we will not accept it, unless they propose an entire > theme which match this submission. So, no need to spend time in > submissions we will reject for sure. This statement is very disappointing. It implies wallpaper submissions would always be monochromatic. A choice of color is not a good starting point for your visual identity. Even less so if it's very close to what several other offerings in your realm are using. The main goal of your wallpaper and theme should be to further, or to at least be in line with, the goals and success of your project. This is graphic design, it's communication, it's your identity. No matter if you are conscious about it or not, especially the wallpaper has a message to tell. If you don't take control of it, this message will be: "we don't care" or "we have no clue" or "we are insecure and chose something safe and boring". So what is the intended message of the wallpaper (and theme)? What do you want to say about Lubuntu? What is the emotion you want to provoke in your audience? The palette is a result, not a start. > About the spec : > - Introduction > We have specific targets for our users, see our wiki page : > "Lubuntu is targeted at "normal" PC and laptop users running on low-spec > hardware. Such users may not know how to use command line tools, and in > most cases they just don't have enough resources for all the bells and > whistles of the "full-featured" mainstream distributions." Just like Xubuntu. What sets you apart? > - Inspiration: > Well, our strategy for artwork is more "practical" : > * We want a nice artwork ... > * ... with no big requirement > * ... which render good and fast That's not practical, that is not taking control, it's wallowing in arbitrariness. -- Thorsten Wilms thorwil's design for free software: http://thorwil.wordpress.com/ -- ubuntu-art mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-art
