[K12OSN] "marketing" the K12LTSP desktop

[jconlon1 at elp.rr.com]

I know that you can change the picture in the window.  I want to do
something with the part of the screen that is not taken up by that window.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jim Hays <haysja at sages.us>
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2005 1:17 pm
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] "marketing" the K12LTSP desktop

> You can change the image in the login screen to anything you want.  
> I 
> can't remember the name of the file to change but I did it on our 
> installation.  Our background image is a picture of our school.
> 
> 
> John P. Conlon wrote:
> 
> > 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
> >
> > luis.montes at cox.net wrote:
> >
> >>windows 3.1 ? IceWm has xp as the default skin.
> >>http://members.cox.net/luis.montes/xpscreen.jpg
> >>
> >>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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>  
> >>
> >>>From: Rob Owens <hick518 at yahoo.com>
> >>>Date: 2005/06/08 Wed AM 06:10:15 EDT
> >>>To: k12osn at redhat.com
> >>>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
> >>>
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