[gobolinux-users] 014 aesthethics issue

[MLA-Gobo]

On Sunday 15 April 2007 14:32, molfar wrote:
> Don't know if it's resolved when you install the distro on hdd. I've tried
> that but VMWare won't boot the system afterwards (I'm going to put that in
> bug tracker)...
    I had the exact same problem with VMPlayer. The (temporary) solution is to 
re-install grub. Unfortunately, you can't do this from the LiveCD, I tried. 
Grub is available, but the following steps don't work with it. I had to use a 
different LiveCD image to get it to work. What you need to do is run grub 
from the console and enter these lines:
: root (hd0,0)
: setup --prefix=/System/Kernel/Boot/grub (hd0,0)
: quit

(Assuming that your virtual hard drive is 0,0; unless you're doing something 
different in VMWare, it probably is.)

> My second big complain is the default livecd wallpaper. I know, it's not on
> the top-priority list but, for the love of GOD, IT'S HIDEOUS!!! If Gobo
> wants to gain some popularity the first thing that needs to be done is an
> urgent improvement of general distro aesthethics.
    Amen from this corner. 

> I would gladly help 
> myself, but I'm not a painter. Are there any artists around here?
    Pick a nice wallpaper from kde-look.org. Problem solved. If we 
must "brand" it, add a little logo in the bottom corner.

> Maybe we 
> should put up some contest in this regard? That concerns logo, color
> schemes, wallpapers, buttons, you name it. We need some consistent and
> pleasant looking style for the distro, otherwise it will continue to suffer
> from its current amateurish outlook.
    A contest would be nice, but I don't think there's any artists around. I'd 
be happy to be proven wrong, however.
    I'd also like to see a better Kicker layout, rather than the vanilla 
default. I still cringe at the LCD clock and the height of the bar; IMO, it 
would look better to divide the height in two, and split that between the top 
and the bottom (like what GNOME does). Or keep it to one panel, but reduce 
the height.

> If you're wondering what the heck I mean - install and run the latest PCBSD
> (www.pcbsd.org). Quite inspiring, don't you think?
    I didn't install it, just visited their website, but it doesn't look like 
they've done a lot besides changing the wallpaper and reducing the number of 
virtual desktops to two. What else did I miss?
   :Peter