Below is a list of 10 features and changes in Ubuntu 9.10 that you may not already know about… Or even be expecting!
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Showing posts with label bootsplash. Show all posts
Karmic’s Proposed Boot Screen Tweaked Again…
Ubuntu 9.10’s proposed splash and log-in screens have, once again, undergone minor revisions.
This time they’ve swapped out the warm tones of version 2 for a steely ‘purple’ colour - reminiscent of the first iteration.
Splash Screen V.3
[V.1 and V.2]
GDM Screen V.3
[V1 and V2]
Login Dialog V.3
GDM Menu’s V.3
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Karmic’s New Boot & Login Screen
The boot screen design proposal has undergone a minor revision since this post was written. Check out the revised boot screen/GDM screen by clicking your way over to this post.
The Ubuntu design team have published mock-ups of the proposed Ubuntu 9.10 Boot and GDM screens.
In a post on the Ubuntu-art mailing list, Mat Tomaszewski revealed the proposed designs, and confirmed the plan for Ubuntu to use a new boot-screen manager, replacing Usplash with Xsplash.
The initial assumptions, however, remain unchanged. The Foundations Team's goal is to start the X server as fast as possible (3-4 seconds on a reference machine) and therefore, Usplash will not be used in most cases. A new splash screen (Xsplash) will be developed on top of the X server and enable a smooth transition into the GDM and the user session.
Splash Screen: -
GDM Screen: -
You can view more of the designs @ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Artwork/Incoming/Karmic/Boot/Demo.
I think it looks really sleek, though it doesn’t blend too well with Ubuntu’s current default ‘Human’ theme. Perhaps there is a new theme in the works afterall…
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