So, one of the first distros that contacted me related to branded Stripes was openSuse. So, this is one of the versions.

(there are ~7 in total, including the plain blue like the Debian one was)

Working on modified Stripes turned out to be rather gratifying. I didn’t expect the wallpaper to /work/ with different colours.

It even looks cool when two different colours are used for the background. (maybe I’ll do that for some other distro)

Some time ago, Nuno was talking about us (KDE) modifying/adapting artwork we have to suit distributions so that both KDE and distribution brand can be retained. (if someone has the link to the blog posts in question, I’d be much obliged)

So, without a further ado, the preview version of a Debian-specific version of the Stripes wallpaper:

get the larger version (currently only 1440×900) at deviantArt

edit: Multiresolution archive now available on kde-look and via GHNS.

So, if you maintain (or whatever you call it) artwork for your distro, and would like to have a distro-branded version, just send me an e-mail or find me on IRC.

p.s. Why Debian? I’m using it and the swirl looks awesome in Stripes

p.p.s. I know marketing people will not like the idea of distorting their logos, but… it looks rather cool!

If you haven’t noticed, KDE SC 4.5 comes with a new wallpaper named Stripes. It has replaced the old default_blue that has been our friend since 3.x days (and maybe even earlier, I don’t know).

Since it is used in KDM, it can’t be (yet) shipped with multiple resolutions, but due to its simplicity it scales rather well.

If you are not satisfied with the default resolution (strangely enough it is 1440×900), you can download the multiresolution package from my gallery at deviantArt. Unfortunately, dA doesn’t accept .tar.gz so the wallpapers are zipped.

EDIT: Note that this is not the *same* version as the one shipped with KDE SC – this one (apart from multiple resolutions) includes a gaussian-noise hack Nuno suggested to make gradients look better.