<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <meta content="text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <title></title> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> My kids rearrange and otherwise mangle their desktops constantly to include using pictures they have found on the Internet or e-mailed to themselves. Seems like a kind of unofficial contest to see who can come up with the fanciest dsktop. My server seems to handl everything okay. What I would like to see is the background of the login screen be more inviting. Maybe some penguins in the background or something. Bye Pat <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:luis.montes@cox.net">luis.montes@cox.net</a> wrote: <blockquote cite="mid20050608152028.HCZQ1367.fed1rmmtao07.cox.net@smtp.west.cox.net" type="cite"> <pre wrap="">windows 3.1 ? IceWm has xp as the default skin. <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://members.cox.net/luis.montes/xpscreen.jpg">http://members.cox.net/luis.montes/xpscreen.jpg</a> In regards to default wallpaper, Anyone know if there is there any issues with bandwith? I've left the default for the school blank, somehow hoping that X was better able to refresh a plain background accross the network. I could be way off. And if I am, I'm going to encourage that the kids customize there wallpaper next year. Maybe have an exercise where they create the wallpaper with tuxpaint. Luis </pre> <blockquote type="cite"> <pre wrap="">From: Rob Owens <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:hick518@yahoo.com"><hick518@yahoo.com></a> Date: 2005/06/08 Wed AM 06:10:15 EDT To: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:k12osn@redhat.com">k12osn@redhat.com</a> Subject: [K12OSN] "marketing" the K12LTSP desktop I showed K12LTSP to a Windows guy the other day and he chuckled "looks like Windows 3.1". I disagree with that, but I do agree that the default background for the desktop is not particularly nice looking. It's mostly black, giving the impression that there's no desktop at all--just a couple of icons floating in space. I imagine that's the FC3 default. Would it be a big deal to come up with a K12LTSP background that better suits the expectations of our target audience? I know it seems kind of silly, because the background can easily be changed by the user or the administrator. But K12LTSP is often brought into a Windows world where many of the users don't know all that much about computers. Many users just want to "get in and drive", and many users judge the quality of their computer and operating system by how nice it looks. Personally, I thought the background that came with the last version I tried out (I think it was K12LTSP 4.2.0) did a good job of making you feel like you had a really nice monitor (and that's what people really want, I think). I don't remember much about it except it was gray and it looked nice. If a K12LTSP-specific default background is chosen, it should look nice on old hardware as well as new. It should make users feel like their 15" CRT is just fine, and it should make admins feel glad that they did not throw away those old trident video cards they had laying around for the past 6 years. I'm not much of a graphics designer, but I could try out a few backgrounds on new and old equipment and offer my opinions. What does everybody think? -Rob __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mail.yahoo.com">http://mail.yahoo.com</a> _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.k12os.org"><http://www.k12os.org></a> </pre> </blockquote> <pre wrap=""> _______________________________________________ K12OSN mailing list <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:K12OSN@redhat.com">K12OSN@redhat.com</a> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn</a> For more info see <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://www.k12os.org"><http://www.k12os.org></a> </pre> </blockquote> </body> </html>