Alpha Criterion Discussion: Desktop Backgrounds

[Matthew Miller]

On Fri, Aug 07, 2015 at 10:22:56AM -0700, Adam Williamson wrote:
> What I *can't* find is any reference for the justification usually
> cited for the criterion. Several times we mention that there was an
> actual case where people downloaded an Alpha or Beta then got confused
> because the background was the same as the previous stable release, but
> I've been searching for 15 mins and can't find it. This is probably
> just because it's a difficult thing to search for, though.
> 
> It's worth noting that we used to use considerably more 'striking'
> desktop backgrounds than we currently do; the last few releases have
> all been fairly subtle variations on the theme of 'abstract shapes in
> Fedora blue', really.

Here's a thought: maybe the Fedora background logo GNOME Shell plugin
could detect if running on an Alpha/Beta release (or on Rawhide) and
change appropriately?


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Matthew Miller
<mattdm at fedoraproject.org>
Fedora Project Leader