Ivan Čukić » Debian http://ivan.fomentgroup.org/blog Free Software Developer and Enthusiast Sun, 08 Jan 2012 22:36:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Distribution branding and Stripes http://ivan.fomentgroup.org/blog/2010/08/12/distribution-branding-and-stripes/ http://ivan.fomentgroup.org/blog/2010/08/12/distribution-branding-and-stripes/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:45:35 +0000 Ivan Čukić http://ivan.fomentgroup.org/blog/?p=874 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! :D

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then there is kde bluetooth stack. Again awesome, cell-to-laptop-to-main-computer…

KWin on eee

KWin is fast, plasma also, everything is just… awesome!

BTW, this is the first time I don’t use self-compiled KDE4 packages, and it’s not bad at all. Debian’s KDE team made very good packages of 4.2, and even though 4.2 is in experimental repo (I’m using Sid on this eee), it behaves better than kubuntu installations on my familie’s computers.

So three times “hurray” to all mentioned above!

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