[indiana-discuss] branding/theme in indiana

[Mark Phalan]

On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 06:26 +1300, Glynn Foster wrote:
> Hey,
> 
> Mark Phalan wrote:
> > What are the plans for theming Indiana?
> > Will Indiana use the current SXDE theme (nimbus)? I like the default
> > gnome theme (currently in DP2) but there is a lack of consistency, for
> > e.g. the GDM theme (java theme?).
> 
> Some of the theme details are still being worked out, but plans are far from 
> complete right now. The Nimbus theme is one of the most consistent I've seen, 
> but I'm personally not sure it's the right look for OpenSolaris.

Care to elaborate why?

> 
> > Are there plans for a graphical boot, ala modern linux distros?
> 
> It will eventually happen. There's a couple of bits to fall into place first - 
> the virtual consoles being the priority here. Believe it or not, there were bits 
> integrated into ON for a while, but I'm told they've since bit rotted. Hopefully 
> we'll see this down the track sometime soon.
> 
> (Obviously if you're interested in working on it, I might be able to find the 
> right people to talk to).

Actually I brought this up on xwin-discuss and was pointed to these
interesting blog posts:

http://blogs.sun.com/setje/entry/happiness_through_ignorance
http://blogs.sun.com/setje/entry/faster_seamless_boot_progress_graphics


I emailed Jan Setje-Eilers and he pointed me to this bug:

http://bugs.opensolaris.org/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6522500


It seems to me that a decent graphical boot is an important piece of the
Indiana puzzle.

Cheers,

-M