trim the sails and roam the sea...
Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Wallpaper thoughts
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Fly our flag, we teach them fear
Capture them, the end is near
Firing guns, they shall burn
Surrender or fight, there's no return
Under Jolly Roger!!
Capture them, the end is near
Firing guns, they shall burn
Surrender or fight, there's no return
Under Jolly Roger!!
Re: Wallpaper thoughts
@lmello
I agree. Ergonomic criteria are not the be-all and end-all, and perhaps tend in the direction of boring. The existing style has real character. If necessary I'm sure it could be tweaked a little without losing that. And yes, of course the user can change these things, but if you're not good at visual design it may be better to go with a good default. The only competition for Salix's looks in my book was OpenSuse 11.2 (Gnome), which also had real character; 11.3 looks like Cinderella to the KDE.
I suppose there is an inherent tension between character and unobtrusiveness - but my own feeling is there should be room for a balance, and as it stands it's really not that cluttered. The slight visual quirkiness of Salix, while still making up a pleasing, harmonious whole, is attractive and expresses the character of the distro.
I agree. Ergonomic criteria are not the be-all and end-all, and perhaps tend in the direction of boring. The existing style has real character. If necessary I'm sure it could be tweaked a little without losing that. And yes, of course the user can change these things, but if you're not good at visual design it may be better to go with a good default. The only competition for Salix's looks in my book was OpenSuse 11.2 (Gnome), which also had real character; 11.3 looks like Cinderella to the KDE.
I suppose there is an inherent tension between character and unobtrusiveness - but my own feeling is there should be room for a balance, and as it stands it's really not that cluttered. The slight visual quirkiness of Salix, while still making up a pleasing, harmonious whole, is attractive and expresses the character of the distro.
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It is human nature to be attracted to presents with pleasing wrappings and SalixOS's design certainly raises a smile,the gift inside is pretty impressive too 
Just for fun .... i have been searching 'stock images' with a Salix/Slackware concept
http://www.pickywallpapers.com/animals/ ... e-picture/
http://www.digitalbusstop.com/wp-conten ... Gangs1.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jollino/51 ... otostream/
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3311/3266 ... 90bb_o.jpg
http://graphic-design.tjs-labs.com/gall ... t=KOOL*CIG
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w191 ... nLarge.jpg
http://www.penguinbriar.com/images/banner.jpg
http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LR ... illing.jpg
http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LR ... nguins.jpg
Salix/Slackware,where the penguin smokes,so your CPU does not have to
Just for fun .... i have been searching 'stock images' with a Salix/Slackware concept
http://www.pickywallpapers.com/animals/ ... e-picture/
http://www.digitalbusstop.com/wp-conten ... Gangs1.jpg
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jollino/51 ... otostream/
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3311/3266 ... 90bb_o.jpg
http://graphic-design.tjs-labs.com/gall ... t=KOOL*CIG
http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w191 ... nLarge.jpg
http://www.penguinbriar.com/images/banner.jpg
http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LR ... illing.jpg
http://cache2.allpostersimages.com/p/LR ... nguins.jpg
Salix/Slackware,where the penguin smokes,so your CPU does not have to