Gnome-shell extension that adds a Fedora logo

[Kristóf Timur]

Dear Design Team,

I've been a user of Fedora 15 for two weeks now and I'm impressed. However I was very much missing any Fedora branding from Gnome shell.
So I decided to look into creating Gnome shell extensions and I created a small extension that adds a Fedora logo to the Activities button.
The advantage of this extension is that it will work together with any theme, always displaying the glorious Fedora logo. :)

I also packaged it. I will submit the package for review tomorrow, but until then the source and the rpm can be found here: http://sources.venemo.net/
In order to use it, you will need to:
1. Get the RPM:
- Install the fedora-logo-gnome-shell-extension-1.0.0-1.fc15.noarch.rpm package
OR if you don't want to install a random rpm from a random guy on the internet, the source tarball is also there:
- Get the tarball, and extract the contents to ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[e-mail]/
2. Reload the shell: press Alt+F2, type r and press enter

I would appreciate any feedback about this idea. Eg. does the icon fit well in there, is this the right icon to use, etc.

Thanks in advance! :)

Regards,
Timur Kristóf

[Fabian A. Scherschel]

That sounds like something we should consider to ship by default. I've also
been thinking about the fact that the only place someone sees a Fedora logo
on F15 is a few split-seconds when Plymouth is booted and that that isn't
good at all for our branding.

I like your approach!

Fab

2011/4/11 Kristóf Timur
> Dear Design Team,
>
> I've been a user of Fedora 15 for two weeks now and I'm impressed. However
> I was very much missing any Fedora branding from Gnome shell.
> So I decided to look into creating Gnome shell extensions and I created a
> small extension that adds a Fedora logo to the Activities button.
> The advantage of this extension is that it will work together with any
> theme, always displaying the glorious Fedora logo. :)
>
> I also packaged it. I will submit the package for review tomorrow, but
> until then the source and the rpm can be found here:
> http://sources.venemo.net/
> In order to use it, you will need to:
> Get the RPM:
> Install the fedora-logo-gnome-shell-extension-1.0.0-1.fc15.noarch.rpm
>
> package
> OR if you don't want to install a random rpm from a random guy on the
> internet, the source tarball is also there:
> Get the tarball, and extract the contents to
>
> ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[e-mail]/
> 2. Reload the shell: press Alt+F2, type r and press enter
>
> I would appreciate any feedback about this idea. Eg. does the icon fit well
> in there, is this the right icon to use, etc.
>
> Thanks in advance! :)
>
> Regards,
> Timur Kristóf
>
> design-team mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

[Elad Alfassa]

2011/4/12 Fabian A. Scherschel :
> That sounds like something we should consider to ship by default. I've also
> been thinking about the fact that the only place someone sees a Fedora logo
> on F15 is a few split-seconds when Plymouth is booted and that that isn't
> good at all for our branding.
>
> I like your approach!

Another approach could be adding the logo to the default background.
> Fab
>
> 2011/4/11 Kristóf Timur
> > Dear Design Team,
> >
> > I've been a user of Fedora 15 for two weeks now and I'm impressed. However
> > I was very much missing any Fedora branding from Gnome shell.
> > So I decided to look into creating Gnome shell extensions and I created a
> > small extension that adds a Fedora logo to the Activities button.
> > The advantage of this extension is that it will work together with any
> > theme, always displaying the glorious Fedora logo. :)
> >
> > I also packaged it. I will submit the package for review tomorrow, but
> > until then the source and the rpm can be found here:
> > http://sources.venemo.net/
> > In order to use it, you will need to:
> > Get the RPM:
> > Install the fedora-logo-gnome-shell-extension-1.0.0-1.fc15.noarch.rpm
> >
> > package
> > OR if you don't want to install a random rpm from a random guy on the
> > internet, the source tarball is also there:
> > Get the tarball, and extract the contents to
> >
> > ~/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/[e-mail]/
> > 2. Reload the shell: press Alt+F2, type r and press enter
> >
> > I would appreciate any feedback about this idea. Eg. does the icon fit
> > well in there, is this the right icon to use, etc.
> >
> > Thanks in advance! :)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Timur Kristóf
> >
> > design-team mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team
>
> design-team mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/design-team

[Fabian A. Scherschel]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 8:43 PM, Elad  wrote:
> g.
> Another approach could be adding the logo to the default background.

Which we can't do unless we change the wallpaper guidelines....

Fab

[Ian Weller]

On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 09:43:10PM +0300, Elad wrote:
> Another approach could be adding the logo to the default background.

We don't do this so that remixes and the like can use our wallpaper as
well without having to somehow get rid of the Fedora trademark.

[Elad Alfassa]

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 12:26 AM, Ian Weller  wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 09:43:10PM +0300, Elad wrote:
> > Another approach could be adding the logo to the default background.
>
> We don't do this so that remixes and the like can use our wallpaper as
> well without having to somehow get rid of the Fedora trademark.
>
> --
> Ian Weller 
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Well, we have a different background for GNOME and the other spins.
Remixes could either use the lovelock background from the other spins,
or the upstream gnome stripes background (that is really similar to
the Fedora stripes background).

[Ian Weller]

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 11:34:15AM +0300, Elad wrote:
> Well, we have a different background for GNOME and the other spins.
> Remixes could either use the lovelock background from the other spins,
> or the upstream gnome stripes background (that is really similar to
> the Fedora stripes background).

Regardless, it's been part of the wallpaper guidelines for years and
many of us feel very strongly about it. It's not going to change any
time soon.